No
explanation on BDS
Jake Lynch (Letters, 27/5) claims the pro-Israel lobby exploits
cries of anti-Semitism to silence critics of Israel. That is simply a canard
put out by proponents of the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign to
prevent the community looking too closely at what motivates them.
Neither Lynch nor any other BDS campaigner has ever adequately
explained why their sole focus is on the world’s only Jewish state when there
are many other countries with human rights records far worse than what Israel
is accused of. While Lynch claims that the aim of BDS is to end Israel’s
occupation, many BDS organisers have made it clear that their real aim is the
replacement of Israel with a state where Jews are a minority.
Danny Samuels, Malvern, Vic
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