This opinion article in the Washington Post by Steven Levitsky and Glen Weyl is worth the read, as it comes from self-proclaimed "lifelong Zionists" and lays out several logical reasons (if not moral and humanitarian) for removing American support and boycotting of Israel.Can we continue to embrace a state that permanently denies basic rights to another people? Yet it also poses a problem from a Zionist perspective: Israel has embarked on a path that threatens its very existence.
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Doesn’t boycotting Israel but not other rights-violating states constitute a double standard? It does. We love Israel, and we are deeply concerned for its survival. We do not feel equally invested in the fate of other states.
Unlike internationally isolated states such as North Korea and Syria, Israel could be significantly affected by a boycott. The Israeli government could not sustain its foolish course without massive U.S. aid, investment, commerce, and moral and diplomatic support.
We recognize that some boycott advocates are driven by opposition to (and even hatred of) Israel. Our motivation is precisely the opposite: love for Israel and a desire to save it.
WaPo
Luckily for them, these men are not French citizens.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/french-high-court-bds-activists-guilty-of-discrimination/
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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