US Will Label Israeli Boycott Movement as Anti-Semitic

TEL AVIV – Washington will take action against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign that seeks to isolate Israel for his treatment of Palestine. This was disclosed United States Secretary of State (US) Mike Pompeo when visiting Israel.

Pompeo said Washington would consider anti-Israel campaignGlobal BDS as anti-Semitic.

“We will immediately take steps to identify organizations that engage in hateful BDS behavior and attract US government support for such groups,” Pompeo said.

“We want to stand with all other countries that recognize the BDS movement as cancer,” he was quoted as saying Al Araby, Friday (20/11/2020).

Israel sees BDS as a strategic threat and has long accused it of anti-Semitism.(Also read:European Court Supports BDS Pro-Palestine Protest Movement)

But activists have strongly denied the allegations, comparing the boycott to the economic isolation that helped tear down apartheid in South Africa (South Africa).

Last week, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced his intention to create a new process whereby Washington could label organizations and NGOs as “anti-Semitic”, Politico reported on Wednesday.

Three people close to the matter confirmed the move, saying Pompeo might delay making the announcement.

Although Pompeo will not name a specific organization, a Politico report last month revealed that Washington was considering declaring certain top international NGOs, such as Amnesty International and Oxfam, “anti-Semitic” because of their links to groups criticizing Israel’s actions.(Also read:Against Boycott, Israel Funds Anti-Muslim Hate Group America)

Politico was the first to report that the US State Department was considering whether to advise other governments not to support what NGOs call “anti-Semitic”.

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