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by jdthedisciple 1578 days ago
BDS is literally a movement by Palestinians directed at their war-enemy next door. That would be like Ukrainians boycotting Russians now. You get the point ...
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I don't get your point, actually. Of course the US or Israel won't boycott themselves.
Sure, but let me give you an example of what I mean: "The consensus view of the international community is that Israeli settlements are illegal and constitute a violation of international law." [0]

Yet, have you seen any western govt demand sanctions on the Israeli population for that? Have you seen this guy here demand github be banned for all Israelis? Of course not - and that's just the moral double standards I'm calling out.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_law_and_Israel...

There's been plenty of calls within the EU to ban trade of goods made in Israeli settlements. AFAIK the latest news it that the EU courts ruled in favor of a ban.
Afaik, those calls happened multinationally multiple times, being blocked by USA every single time.