RE: Palestinian Talks, lectures, & interviews.
⁜→ P F Tinmore, et al,
BLUF: There is a
huge difference between:
(Ω) The prevention of the Incitement to Violence and Hatred 'vs' Criminalizing Dissent
(Ω) Pursuing the international obligations which prohibit all advocacy that constitutes Incitement to Discrimination and Hostility 'vs' Criminalizing Dissent
CRIMINALIZING DISSENT: THE ATTACK ON BDS AND PRO-PALESTINIAN SPEECH
(COMMENT)
First, let's make it clear at the outset: "The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement works to end international support for Israel's oppression of Palestinians and pressure Israel to comply with international law." This is just fancy window dressing to cover for the fact that it is non-state actors that forge a form of economic coercion and intimidation, especially against the civilian citizenry, in the pursuit of political aims. The hidden agenda is the direct support of the violent counterpart factions.
(WHAT IS THE LAW)
Let's not twist this issue into something it is not. It is NOT an attack on free speech. (It is that simple.) And don't let them (BDS) kid you that it is.
◈ Article 20 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR)
2. Any advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence shall be prohibited by law.
◈ Article 4 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
States Parties condemn all propaganda and all organizations which are based on ideas or theories of superiority of one race or group of persons of one colour or ethnic origin, or which attempt to justify or promote racial hatred and discrimination in any form, and undertake to adopt immediate and positive measures designed to eradicate all incitement to, or acts of, such discrimination and, to this end, with due regard to the principles embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the rights expressly set forth in article 5 of this Convention, inter alia:
◈ Article 5 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
In compliance with the fundamental obligations laid down in article 2 of this Convention, States Parties undertake to prohibit and to eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms and to guarantee the right of everyone, without distinction as to race, colour, or national or ethnic origin, to equality before the law, notably in the enjoyment of the following rights:
(e) Economic, social and cultural rights, in particular:
(i) The rights to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work, to protection against unemployment, to equal pay for equal work, to just and favourable remuneration;
The BDS Movement is a form of economic warfare with the intent of trying to impose economic sanctions against Israel. While the status and boundaries of the State of Palestine has not been resolved, the faction won the largest number of seats in the Palestinian Parliament (76 of 132) openly has a policy that Palestine (which extends from the River Jordan in the east to the Mediterranean in the west and from Ras Al-Naqurah in the north to Umm Al-Rashrash in the south) is an Arab Islamic land. They do not see the State of Israel holding any sovereignty. When you support the BDS Movement, you are essentially supporting the demise of the State of Israel.
The dispute here is between those that support the Arab Islamic Land 'vs' Israeli Sovereignty. To oppose the BDS Movement is to undertake to protections and rights of the regional minority (the Israelis) and to eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms and to guarantee the right of everyone, without distinction as to race, colour, or national or ethnic origin, to function under the International Covenants (CCPR/CERD).
(ONE FURTHER NOTE)
The goal of international law, relative to the Palestinian - Israeli dispute, is the maintain international peace and security. While most of the world (including those in the Middle East and North African Region) is working towards normalization, it is the Arab Palestinians the oppose such peaceful interaction. When you support the BDS Movement, you are on the side opposing normalization.
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Most Respectfully,
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