BDS is a Settler Colonial Ideology

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....This post is about how BDS itself has become a settler colonial ideology, which imposes itself on other peoples and other struggles, conquers, and subjugates the goals of others, particularly people of color, to the anti-Israel agenda. We have documented this hijacking of other movements many times, and described the damage BDS leaves behind. The most glaring example is how anti-Israel BDS activists have infiltrated and redirected the Black Lives Matter movement...

But it doesn’t stop there. BDS activists have taken over the radical fringe of the LGBT movement, tried to turn it against Israel under the demented claim that Israel publicizing its fair treatment of LGBT people is actually worse, and more necessary of condemnation, then the abuse of LGBT people in the Arab world, including the Palestinian territories. It’s the doctrine of “pinkwashing” and it is the rage in leftist radical and BDS circles...

But wait, it doesn’t stop there. BDS activists have attempted to take over the environmentalist, water conservation, and indigenous rights areas with claims of “greenwashing” “bluewashing” and “redwashing” — seriously... The international human rights movement is another victim. The obsession of U.N. agencies in demonizing Israel beyond rationality is matched by groups such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International...Even sports events are hijacked for use against Israel, such as recently happened in Scotland...

...And we could go on and on with attempts by BDS to conquer and subjugate other disciplines, groups, ideologies, and movements … and the damage and destruction left behind. There is another excellent example of how BDS settler colonialism has damaged the interests of others, the effective destruction of the American Indian Studies Department at the University of Illinois as Champaign-Urbana. There have been recent news articles on how the American Indian Studies Department at the University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign at best is on life-support, and more likely, is gone forever. A once vibrant department with seven full time professors now has none.

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http://legalinsurrection.com/2016/09/bds-is-a-settler-colonial-ideology/