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“The BDS movement goes beyond protection for Palestinians; it calls for death to Israel. I don’t know if you can have a conversation with someone when the opening salvo is you need to die,” said one of the Jewish speakers.
“Will we be a party to the anti-Semitic legacy of Durban and continue our descent into extremism, or will we follow the example of other leading democracies in boycotting this conference of hate?” posed Jackie Goodall, executive director of the Ireland Israel Alliance.
British Labour Party councillor Sam Gorst claimed in a statement that he was being bullied and that his record “stands for itself.”
“Such attempts at spreading hatred will never be tolerated in this city,” posted the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center on Twitter.
Four local rabbis ask: “Why would Burlington support such a movement? Why would Burlington choose to be the only city in the country that demonizes Israel?”
“Michael [Sidko]’s story is intertwined with the story of the State of Israel, which arose from the ashes of the Holocaust, in order to stop the shedding of Jewish blood and to build a home for the Jewish people in the land of their ancestors,” said Speaker of the Knesset Mickey Levy.
“Every member of the Jewish community in California and across the country should be deeply concerned about the passage of AB 101,” said AMCHA Initiative director Tammi Rossman-Benjamin.
This incident came days after university officials announced a new initiative to faculty and staff that seeks to “understand how anti-Semitism manifests itself at Tufts.”
“This program is designed to give participants a practical way in which they can mark the memory of those who perished and add more positivity and light to this world,” said Rabbi Levi Slonim.
“We are delighted that the state sees boycotts against Israel for what they are—a form of anti-Semitism,” said Israel’s Consul General to the Southwest Hillel Newman.
“It’s funny,” he said. “I’m just a bald, ordinary guy. If I’m sexy, then everybody is sexy.”
Passed by the Nazi puppet state, they facilitated the transfer of Jewish assets to non-Jewish owners and prevented Jews from education.
