The Board of Deputies of British Jews (BoD) have performed a valuable
service is compiling the common mis-representations of the BDS campaign, along with a few
original ones, in a single glossy 50 page document
A Better Way than Boycotts. BRICUP has analysed the document and prepared a response pointing out the misrepresentations and distrortions of the
document spring from four false premises:
- Firstly, that although the Israeli Government may have made mistakes,
some serious, it has done nothing criminal or beyond the usual failures
of democratic states.
- Secondly, all calls for BDS arise from malevolence at best and
outright antisemitism at worst.
- Thirdly, there is no fundamental imbalance of power between Israelis
and Palestinians and so an open and productive dialogue between equals
can be straightforwardly fostered and will be effective.
- Fourthly, that a two state solutions is desired by the Israeli
government and is still a feasible outcome.
BRICUP’s response: Boycott
for Peace; Divest for Justice; Sanctions for Liberty