[econoclectic] EclectEcon: More on Boycotting Israel

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Posted by EclectEcon:
More on Boycotting Israel
http://econoclectic.powerblogs.com/posts/1180207203.shtml


   Why is it that so many members of the left-wing (we're gonna find
   something about some establishment to protest) spend so much time and
   effort attacking Israel for its alleged human rights abuses? There are
   so many much more deserving targets, as [1]Perry de Havilland points
   out:

     There is an article on the Guardian site called Throw a pebble at
     Goliath: don't buy Israeli produce, by Yvonne Roberts, in which she
     urges people to boycott Israel because of its human rights record.
     Now I know nothing about Yvonne Robert and have never even heard of
     her before, but I assume she also an avid campaigner for people to
     boycott products from Cuba, Burma, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, China (good
     luck doing that), Iran, Syria, Belorus, Zimbabwe, North Korea
     (assuming they actually produce any products) etc. etc. etc...
     after all, if she is such a tireless campaigner for human rights,
     surely she could not possibly feel it was alright for people to
     trade with all those places, given the state of human rights in
     those places. Right?
     Anyone want to take any bets on this? [links are in the original]

   As one of the commenters there said,

     The day when those regimes become predominantly Jewish is the day
     that these people will start criticizing them, regardless of
     whether their human-rights records get better or worse.

   Oh, oh. Now the [2]British architects are getting into the act. What a
   bunch of ignoramuses. Read the comments there to get a good idea of
   just how ignorant they are.
   Anyone who says,

     This is not against Israel, it's for Palestine,... I think the
     Palestinians are living in a prison.

   has not been paying attention to Middle Eastern events for the past
   five years and what it means to be pro-Palestinian. The suicide
   bombings, the kidnappings, the rockets, the promises to drive Israel
   into the sea... these count for nothing?
   [h/t BenS]

References

   1. http://www.samizdata.net/blog/archives/2007/05/a_strangely_sel.html
   2. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1178708684953