<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">[Chomsky hasn't changed his opinion about BDS. He was never an uncritical supporter.]<div><br></div><div>Q: Turning to the Middle East, regarding the movement which calls for boycotting, divesting from and sanctioning (BDS) Israel, why do you think there is such a drastic disagreement between yourself and people (such as Naomi Klein) who traditionally agree with you wholeheartedly on Middle-East and other issues? Is this a mere issue of tactics? Is the BDS movement doing more harm than good?<br><br>NC: There is an interesting mythology that I have opposed the BDS movement. In reality, as explained over and over, I not only support it but was actively involved long before the "movement" took shape. BDS is, of course, a tactic. That should be understood. Norman Finkelstein warned recently that it sometimes appears to be taking on cult-like features. That should be carefully avoided. Like all tactics, particular implementations have to be judged on their own merits. Here there is room for legitimate disagreement. *I have been opposed to certain implementations, particularly those that are very likely to harm the victims, as unfortunately has happened*.<br><br>More generally, I think we should question the formulation you gave. It is convenient, particularly for Westerners, to regard it as an "anti-Israel movement." There are obvious temptations to blaming someone else, but the fact of the matter is that *Israel can commit crimes to the extent that they are given decisive support by the US*, and less directly, its allies. *BDS actions are both principled and most effective when they are directed at our crucial contribution to these crimes, without which they would end*; for example, boycott of western firms contributing to the occupation, working to end military aid to Israel, etc. [Emphases added]</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Apr 28, 2014, at 2:31 PM, ya'aQov <<a href="mailto:yaaqovz@gmail.com">yaaqovz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">We know better on 4-28-2014 about Chomsky's points in 2010.<br>-- <a href="http://mostlykosher.blogspot.com/2011/09/noam-chomsky-on-bds-not-what-you-expect.html">Chomsky changed his opinion about using BDS analogously to divesting in S. Africa.<span class="sewkgghuceo8llr"></span><span class="sewkgghuceo8llr"></span></a><br>
-- Netanyahu's government diverted quite seriously from following Obama and Kerry's injunctions<br><br>We in C-U have an option to verify with Israelis and Palestinians which conditions THEY would struggle against as 'apartheid'. Beyond calling it 'Apartheid' Apartheid is a terrible condition to subjugate Palestinians in the West Bank/Gaza, or Palestinians Arabs living in the State of Israel: How were those conditions represented in the last year's negotiations? were THEY the show stoppers? how are they represented by the Palestinian-Arab Knesset members?<br>
<br>Beyond a (re)cyclic attack on Israel, are we going to verify and validate these points?<br><br>Whether or not pathological, the occupation with Israel/Palestine has been taking such enormous<br>time in the exchanges of these lists CGE, DG, DJ, and RS. At least, let's try to put them to work for helping Israelis and Palestinians.</div>
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