@ZaidJilani this is my prob when it comes to countries. you can't justify boycotting israel & not the US on principled grounds
@EamonMurphy1 @ZaidJilani But for bulk of Americans who don't follow int'l news, it's likely 1st time they've heard any criticism of Israel.
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@ChMadar@zaidjilani it's possible it helps some ppl. but is mass educational effort a prerequisite for successful boycott? which comes 1st -
@EamonMurphy1@ZaidJilani I'd say mass education is the goal of BDS, not a prerequisite. -
@ChMadar@zaidjilani i think that might be misguided, b/c pt. of a boycott is to pressure wrongdoing state. it requires mass support to work -
@EamonMurphy1@ZaidJilani I don't expect BDS to have any direct economic impact on Israel, any more than did on S. Africa–not the metric. -
@ChMadar did s. africa not really suffer appreciably? i don't know the history -
@EamonMurphy1 No one would argue that BDS did EVERYTHING in taking down apartheid, but it did play a significant supporting role. -
@ChMadar i'm just hung up on the difficulty of changing ppl's minds in US. BDS in my limited experience tends to reenforce their prejudices -
@EamonMurphy1 My experience: the Park Slope Coop#BDS drive forced conversations that otherwise wouldn't have happened–>ppl better informed. - 2 more replies
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