I think there's a better, more obvious example: the sanctions on Iran for which Zionists, from Netanyahu down, have screeched the loudest.
It's been funny (and perhaps also teachable) to watch Zionists cozy up to actual swastika-wearers in Kiev, but I haven't seen any indication they're a driving force behind sanctions. On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 5:36 PM, Robert Naiman <[email protected]>wrote: > I thought this might be a "teachable moment" to contrast the complete lack > of controversy around sanctioning Russia to the manufactured hysterics > around the slightest hint of pressuring the Israeli government. > > ==== > > If We Can Sanction Russia Over Crimea, We Can Sanction Israel Over > Palestine > Robert Naiman, Just Foreign Policy, March 7, 2014 > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/russia-sanctions_b_4917854.html > > I'm *so delighted* that President Obama and Congress are moving to impose > sanctions on > Russia<http://news.yahoo.com/heavier-sanctions-russia-could-backfire-084345984.html> > over > its military intervention in Crimea. Regardless of whether one thinks this > is a wise or just policy in the case of Russia, this is setting a great > political precedent in the United States for considering boycotts, > divestment, and sanctions on Israel over its military occupation of > Palestine -- the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem. > > Until now, it has been the case that in the United States, if you talk > about any kind of boycott, any kind of divestment, any kind of sanction to > pressure the Israeli government to end its military occupation of > Palestine, some apologists for the Israeli occupation have gone into > rhetorical meltdown. Until now, we've collectively tolerated that the > hysterical opposition to "BDS" of these apologists for the Israeli > occupation be taken seriously in public discourse. In New > York<http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/NewYork-free-speech> > , Maryland <http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/maryland-free-speech>, > and Illinois <http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/Illinois-free-speech>, > state legislators want to punish you if you *even think* about boycotting > one egg from the Israeli occupation. We're all for the right of free speech > -- unless you misuse your free speech rights to say something bad about the > Israeli occupation of Palestine. > > But now, when it is proposed to sanction Russia over its military > intervention in Crimea, it passes through public discourse like a hot knife > through butter. No one complains that Russia is being "unfairly singled > out." No one claims that people who want to impose sanctions on Russia are > motivated by an irrational hatred of the Russian people. No one claims that > supporters of sanctions want to "delegitimize Russia" or "destroy Russia," > nor that supporters of sanctions "refuse to accept Russia's right to exist." > > People are raising legitimate questions about sanctions on Russia, as they > always should when new sanctions are proposed. Are they likely to be > effective at achieving stated goals? Who is likely to be harmed by them, > directly or indirectly? If they will harm innocent people, is that harm > ethically justifiable? > > But no one with any influence in public discourse is calling supporters of > sanctions against Russia bad names, or demanding that they be punished for > their political opinions. > > Let's draw a line in the sand. From now on, supporters of sanctions > against Israel for its military occupation of Palestine must demand the > same respect for our democratic rights that supporters of sanctions against > Russia for its military intervention in Crimea enjoy. From now on, we must > not tolerate any abrogation of our democratic rights to advocate for > boycott, divestment, and sanctions against the Israeli occupation. Let's > start by telling legislators in New > York<http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/NewYork-free-speech> > , Maryland <http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/maryland-free-speech>, > and Illinois <http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/Illinois-free-speech> to > kill legislation abrogating our democratic rights to advocate for sanctions > against the Israeli occupation. I'm looking at you, Illinois diaspora. "By > the rivers gently flowing." Stand up for our First Amendment rights. > -- > Robert Naiman > Policy Director > Just Foreign Policy > www.justforeignpolicy.org > [email protected] > (202) 448-2898, extension 1 > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > -- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."
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