A blueprint to combat the assault on Israel’s legitimacy in Europe

NOTE: A good list of steps we can all take to combat BDS. Another list for the scrapbook. 

from the JPOST.COM on line By ARSEN OSTROVSKY 

04/05/2014 23:41

Although successes of the BDS Campaign have been relatively limited in scope, the greater danger is that it keeps spinning the propellers assaulting Israel’s legitimacy.

At its core, the assault on Israel’s legitimacy is a denial of the Jewish people’s right to self-determination in Israel, the nation-state and historical homeland of the Jewish people.

The Israeli-Jewish Congress (IJC) is an Israeli-based organization devoted to promoting the principle of Israel as the State of the Jewish people and strengthening ties between Israel and the Diaspora. As part of that mission, we work closely with many Jewish communities of Europe, the Knesset and Government of Israel, and European Parliamentarians, to combat all forms of anti-Semitism and delegitimization of the State of Israel.

The catalyst for the delegitimization movement, or more accurately, assault on the moral legitimacy of Israel, was the 2001 UN Conference against Racism, in Durban South Africa. Held under the auspices of the United Nations and led by a horde of NGOs, the movement seeks to portray Israel as a pariah state, equating it with Apartheid South Africa and Nazi Germany, and calling for the Jewish State to be completely isolated from the international community, and ultimately from the family of nations altogether.

The public face spearheading this assault today is the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Campaign, with increased calls for boycotts against Israel across many parts of Europe and campuses in the United States. This campaign is being waged by the dangerous union of the far Left and radical Islamist groups.  CLICK HERE TO KEEP READING