Palestine: Sixty-two years of catastrophe http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/44045

“Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination”, is also defined as anti-Semitic. This definition is designed to stop any questioning of Israel’s right to use apartheid and ethnic cleansing to maintain a Jewish majority inside Israel.  Someone with no connection to the country can obtain Israeli citizenship on the basis of Jewish ancestors.

However, 4 million Palestinian refugees are denied the right of return and 4 million West Bank and Gaza Palestinians are denied citizenship. For the EMCRX, questioning this is anti-Semitic by definition.

However, the traditional goal of the Palestinian liberation movement was for a democratic, secular Palestine with full equality between Jews, Muslims and Christians. Such a democratic vision is the opposite of racism. International solidarity and the BDS campaign is challenging 62 years of catastrophe for Palestinians. It needs our full support so the catastrophe can finally end.