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BDS demonstration in NY against the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra outside Carnegie Hall. February 2019 During the most recent conflagration between Israel and Hamas on the Gaza border, large protests against Israel broke out in the US. The extremely large turnout was reflective of the nexus of the BDS movement joining forces with BLM, Palestinian organizations and other left-leaning groups. Thousands of protesters in large cities from Los Angeles to New York protested against Israel in its war against Hamas. One question that stands out is why is there no grassroots BDS movement for any other country in the world? Surely, other countries do bad things that merit the attention of students and activists, so why aren’t they also targeted for economic punishment? When one points out that sanctioning only Israel is an antisemitic act, the rejoinder is usually to the effect that Israel may be the subject of “reasonable criticism”. And that point is true: Israel, like all n

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