When attending a liberal arts university there are a few things you will run into. One of them is the never-ending argument over Israel.
That argument has gone mainstream this week in Canada. The Conservative opposition has introduced a motion to censure the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions movement. The movement’s goal is to boycott Israeli products to force the country to take its forces and settlers out of the West Bank.
The Conservatives are onboard, after all Harper’s government was one of the most pro-Israeli outside of Israel. The Liberals don’t want to vote yes, but will. I guess a majority government is useless when it comes to voting.
In reaction to this, Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East launched a new boycott of Israeli products. How are they going to spread the message? Sticky notes.
“CJPME’s campaign invites Canadians from across the country to sign up for a packet of free “Boycott Israel” sticky notes,” reads a press release from the organization.
What should you do with these sticky notes, go to grocery stores and stick them on food? I’m sure the minimum wage employee that’s been assigned to manually rip off every sticker will curse a special place in hell for you.
Another group that’s pissed this week is Christians United for Israel Canada. Why?
“Dr. Charles McVety, national chair of CUFI Canada, has strongly denounced the Trudeau government’s plan to give $15 million to an agency known for its support of terrorists and anti-Semitism,” read the group’s press release.
Who are they giving this money to? Oh, the United Nations Relief & Works Agency. What’s their mandate, Wikipedia?
“UNRWA provides education, healthcare and social services to the five million registered Palestine refugees from the 1948 and 1967 wars, a number which includes all their descendants.”
Commie bastards!
Or actually, more like a humanitarian group that seems to be helping desperate and disenfranchised people.
The one thing that has frustrated me is the total lack of nuance that either side of this discussion has. You’d think they were discussing abortion, an argument with no compromise.
So to the supporters of Israel: Building a wall big enough to give Donald Trump a hard-on is not the best way to promote peace in the area. Neither is sending radical extremist Jews to set up settlements in areas you shouldn’t be occupying in the first place.
And to supporters of Palestine: When leaders in Palestine, both civil and religious, speak of wiping Israel off the map and rejecting a two-state solution, don’t be surprised when Israel is a little less than willing to changeits position. Jews, as a group, have been hated and persecuted for about forever; it’s understandable that the Israeli leadersfirst instinct at a threat is to circle the wagons.
Round and round we go.
