Laurel will have more later on how Israeli Apartheid Week on U.S. campuses appears to have withered this year.
This nasty hate fest, that in past years has generated a lot of energy and publicity, has passed largely unnoticed in the U.S. There have been some events, but mostly the wind seems to be out of the sail.
I don’t know whether this is a sign of weakness in the BDS movement overall, or if they just are too busy planning other stunts.
I could not wait, however, to bring you this video from the Sussex (England) Friends of Israel about the failure of a BDS march.
There are many more videos at this link.
Meet one of the protesters:
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Equally pathetic: See CODEPINK’s ‘BoycottAIPAC’ posts today on Twitter.
OK, only eight people, but a couple of them were big people.
NYT Sunday edition! Above the Fold!
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They are round me like bees; but they are put out like a fire among thorns; for in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down. (Psalms 118:12)
Fire burns hot amongst a pile of thorns, but there is no substance of fuel and it goes out easily.
Now would be the time for the good people of the UK to practice that age old tactic used by the Palestinians — the throwing of rocks! Seriously, a cobble or two bounced off the pate of some of these aggitators would do them a world of good, and perhaps cleanse their country of some of it’s filth.
“I just think the BDS movement’s appeal is becoming more selective.”
/spinaltap