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He made a similar comment in January 2022:Chairman of the Palestinian Olympic Committee and Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub: “We are conveying a message to the world: The time has come to confront this fascist racist occupation… The international legitimacy is one, and it must be implemented against the ugly face of Nazism, which is this Zionism and this racist fascist occupation...
The time has come for the new Nazis who are working to eliminate the Palestinian people to leave or to be confronted.”
[Facebook page of Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub, March 18, 2022]
The article appears to be an attempt to rehabilitate Sarsour’s toxic reputation by presenting her as a tragic victim of Russia’s interference. And while reporter Ellen Barry acknowledges that some criticism of Sarsour was also “organic,” she implies that it came primarily from “pro-Israeli politicians” or Democratic supporters of Israel over Sarsour’s “criticism” of the Jewish state and her support of a Palestinian rights group – which is how the reporter characterizes the antisemitic BDS movement.“[Sarsour] is seldom invited to national platforms these days, and when she is, protests often follow. Whatever buzz there was around her as a future political candidate has quieted. She knows how she is seen, as a polarizing figure. She has adjusted to this reality, and sees herself more as an activist, in the mold of Angela Davis.
‘I’m never going to get a real job,’ at a major nonprofit or a corporation, she said. ‘That’s the kind of impact that these things have on our lives.’”
Asserting as fact in her reporter’s voice that the BDS movement “seeks to secure Palestinian rights,” Barry suggests that its threat to Israel’s existence is just an argument used by opponents to discredit the movement.“[Featuring Linda Sarsour at a Sanders campaign event] troubled pro-Israel politicians in New York, who pointed to her support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, which seeks to secure Palestinian rights by isolating Israel. Critics of the movement contend that it threatens Israel’s existence.” [emphasis added]
Paul Larudee, treasurer of the Association for Investment in Popular Action Committees, a funding corporation for BDS groups and activities, explains:“A Jewish state in Palestine, in any shape or form, cannot but contravene the basic rights of the land’s indigenous Palestinian population…definitely, most definitely, we oppose a Jewish state in any part of Palestine. No Palestinian – rational Palestinian, not a sellout Palestinian—will ever accept a Jewish state in Palestine.” (See: Omar Barghouti – Strategies for Change)
“Our corporation boycotts all Israeli products and services, and encourages other institutions, companies and individuals to cease and avoid all economic, academic and cultural activity that supports the racist state of Israel until that state dissolves itself, welcomes all Palestinians to return to their homes, restores all of their property and pays damages for the harm it has done to Palestinians and their property.” [emphasis added]
In landmark ruling, Spanish top court says Israel boycotts are always discriminatory - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The ruling is the first piece of jurisprudence in Spain that applies broadly to the phenomenon of boycotting the Jewish state, rather than to a specific case.www.jta.org