Reply #184: Omar Barghouti says BDS is against Jewish self-determination / calling Israel an apartheid state...

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Jewish self-determination is to be replaced by Palestinian self-determination...

This paper argues for a secular, democratic state in historic Palestine as the most morally coherent solution to the century‐old colonial conflict because it offers the best hope for reconciling the inalienable right of the indigenous Palestinians to self-determination and the acquired rights of the colonial settlers to live in peace and security, individually and collectively. Accepting colonists as equal citizens and full partners in building and developing a new shared society is the most magnanimous offer any oppressed indigenous population can present to its oppressors, but for such to be attained, settlers must shed colonial privileges and character, accept justice, unmitigated equality, and conscious integration into the region. Building a just and lasting peace anchored in international law and universal human rights, conducive to ethical coexistence requires the ethical decolonization, or de‐Zionization of historic Palestine. Such a process is premised on a revitalized, democratized Palestinian civil resistance movement with a clear vision for a shared, just society and effective worldwide support for reaffirming Palestinian rights and ending Israel's violations of international law and universal rights. By emphasizing the equality of humanity as its most fundamental principle, this paper shows that the proposed secular democratic state promises to transcend national and ethnic dichotomies that now make it nearly impossible to envision reaching any just solution to the most intricate questions.

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17550910903237145

The paragraph above is filled with malicious lies and distortions, dehumanization and demonization.

Barghouti calls Israel an apartheid state

Barghouti has consistently spoken of Israel as an apartheid state, stating: "From now on, it will be acceptable to compare Israel's apartheid system to its South African predecessor. As a consequence, proposing practical measures to punish Israeli institutions for their role in the racist and colonial policies of their state will no longer be considered beyond the pale." Also: "Characterising Israel's legalised system of discrimination as apartheid – as was done by Tutu, Jimmy Carter and even a former Israeli attorney general – does not equate Israel with South Africa. No two oppressive regimes are identical. Rather, it asserts that Israel's bestowal of rights and privileges according to ethnic and religious criteria fits the UN-adopted definition of apartheid."<4> Barghouti advocates what he holds to be an ethical vision for a unitary, secular democratic state in present-day Gaza, Israel, and the West Bank.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Barghouti#Career

So BDS is in favor of Palestinian self-determination, though not by 2 states, but rather by denying Jews self-determination.

The apartheid label is all part of a vicious demonization and delegitimization campaign making it a moral imperative to destroy the evil, colonialist, racist, settler apartheid state with nazi policies.

Nasty shit.