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Reject all boycotts of Israel
But now the Lord says: ‘Far be it from Me; for those who honour Me I will honour, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed.’
1 Samuel 2:30b
The BDS movement
is anti-Semitic, only singling out the Jewish state of Israel and no other countries. It is wrong to support such a movement.
The boycott movement does little to damage Israel, however Palestinian workers are the most affected as they are the ones who lose their jobs.
Israel is a blessing to the world and it is in Britain’s best interests to reject these boycotts and stand firmly with our ally Israel.
T he Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)
movement against
Israel is anti-Semitic at its core. Despite real atrocities and human rights abuses being carried out by countries around the world, only Israel, the world’s only Jewish state, is targeted with a global boycott movement.
BDS hurts Palestinians
more than it hurts Israelis. For example, SodaStream, at one time the world’s largest private employer of Palestinians, decided to relocate its operations from the West Bank to Israel in order to appease
the haters. As a result, most of their Palestinian employees lost their jobs as they were unable
to secure work permits within Israel.
What’s more, Palestinians
are also largely unaware of the boycott movement. There are stories from anti-Israel activists who travel within the Palestinian territories being “shocked” at how few people know of BDS, let alone actually practise it.
The Palestinians rely heavily on Israeli companies for
most of their products, so it is unrealistic for a Palestinian to boycott Israel. It is also far from damaging Israel’s economy, but is used as a weapon to delegitimise Israel.
We believe the UK government should have no part in boycotting Israel or advocating for this hateful cause. British individuals are free to make their own decision on whether they support BDS, but the government must stand with Israel and not give in to this hateful movement.
Thankfully, Boris Johnson’s newly formed government in December 2019 included a bill in the Queen’s Speech that would outlaw BDS. One of the aims
of this bill is to stop all public bodies, especially Labour-led local councils, from imposing boycotts against our allies,
such as Israel. This is important because local councils should not be dictating the UK’s foreign policy or acting in violation of it.
This move was a big step in the right direction. However, there is more to be done.
The European Union (EU),
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