Bostonians Confront Pro-Israel CAMERA Conference at Boston University

On Sunday, October 10th, students from Boston University's Students for Justice in Palestine group and their allies (American Jews for a Just Peace, ItisApartheid, and students from several other Boston Palestine groups) assembled to demonstrate against the university's hosting of "War by Other Means: the Global Campaign to Delegitimize Israel," a conference put on by the anti-Palestinian group CAMERA (the Committee For Accuracy in Middle East Reporting). As a result of the growing success of the international Palestine solidarity movement, Israel's supporters increasingly feel that they are en route to a South African like pariah status. According to CAMERA, "Israel faces a convergence of global forces that may undermine its legitimacy in the eyes of the world community." Its conference contained many prominent Israel supporters including keynote speaker and Harvard Professor Alan Dershowitz, Daniel Pipes, and Gerald Steinberg of NGO monitor.
As conference attendees arrived, they were met with a mock "apartheid wall" assembled by protestors symbolizing the nearly 440 mile long wall Israel has used to seize and carve up Palestinian territory beyond the 1967 Green line. The Brass Liberation Orchestra, a marching band which incorporates socio-political messages into its often theatrical performances, accompanied several dozen protestors as they held banners, sang, and handed out hundreds of fliers. Protestors used chants such as "BU, US, it's time for BDS!" and "Hey BU you've been had, Dershowitz is WICKED bad!" (as Alan Dershowitz photographed a banner with his name on it).
BDS or boycott, divestment, and sanctions, is a global non-violent movement that aims to put economic pressure on the Israeli state to end the occupation of the territories seized in 1967, recognize international law, and grant full and equal rights to Arab-Palestinians living within Israel.

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@bentzion100 so, you go from video to video posting the exact same thing.  Couldn't even afford some creativity? We'll see about Palestine in September.

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@2haveaniceday your maturity is impeccable

[2haveaniceday]

@TStackinator what discussion ?you addressed nothing because you know nothing . Your just an admirer of hamas who admires O. ben laden ....conclusion your an idiot .

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@2haveaniceday you want to know about propaganda? Look up Hasbara. Other than that, I have already addressed all of your hateful rhetoric, so further discussion is useless.

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@TStackinator nothing to say , I thought so ....

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@2haveaniceday sit down, man

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@TStackinator I suggest you watch "ROAD TO JENIN " by pierre rehov . just google video and watch some of the lies coming from the arabs .By the way AL DURA was a complete fabrication ....a movie put out to the world as real and many people including Daniel Pearl were killed because of this lie They have the best propaganda since the nazis but .If you have an inch of decency , you will not align yourself with the extreme right and islamists to demonize Israel

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@TStackinator Jews have always been in Israel . They were the ones called palestinians . All you have to do is look at coins and newspapers before 1948 ,its all in hebrew ....By the way if you are so concerned about refugees and injustice , how come you don't protest for the 1 million jewish refugees kicked out of arab countries . There were alot more than arabs who left of their own free will when told by the attacking arab armies to make it easier for jews to be massacred.

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these brainwashed useful idiots have so little people supporting them they need big banners to look important .The are in bed with the extreme right and islamists ....how pathetic ...let see the men dress as women in gaza ...lets see how fast hamas kicks their asses and shoot them .....

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@bikingdoc bottom line, between 1987 and 2010, nearly 8,000 Palestinians and only about 1,500 Israelis have been killed in the conflict. Asymetrical warfare at its best. When it comes down to sheer numbers, Israel doesn't look so good. Since you cannot deny these FACTS, I'm done with this discussion.