Dear Daily Freeman:
When I was a child I shopped with my mother to buy a new blanket. In the store, I longingly stroked a cloud-soft white wool blanket, but my mother shook her head. Why? She showed me the label: "Made in Germany". I knew we had relatives who were murdered in the holocaust, perpetrated by Nazi Germany in World War II.
What a peaceful, meaningful act: a boycott, a protected part of free speech. For me, the holocaust meant "Never Again" for anyone. Never again the murder of civilians by a heavily armed state.
An event to talk about the Boycott Divestment and Sanction movement, which addresses Israel's illegal occupation of Palestinian land in the West Bank, and the ongoing starvation, slaughter and ethnic cleansing taking place in Gaza, was cancelled due to threats from supporters of Israel. This makes clear that for some, there is nothing Israel does that can be criticized, even in a peaceful way. For these supporters, criticism of Israel will be met with violence.
Sincerely,
Marcy
When I was a child I shopped with my mother to buy a new blanket. In the store, I longingly stroked a cloud-soft white wool blanket, but my mother shook her head. Why? She showed me the label: "Made in Germany". I knew we had relatives who were murdered in the holocaust, perpetrated by Nazi Germany in World War II.
What a peaceful, meaningful act: a boycott, a protected part of free speech. For me, the holocaust meant "Never Again" for anyone. Never again the murder of civilians by a heavily armed state.
An event to talk about the Boycott Divestment and Sanction movement, which addresses Israel's illegal occupation of Palestinian land in the West Bank, and the ongoing starvation, slaughter and ethnic cleansing taking place in Gaza, was cancelled due to threats from supporters of Israel. This makes clear that for some, there is nothing Israel does that can be criticized, even in a peaceful way. For these supporters, criticism of Israel will be met with violence.
Sincerely,
Marcy