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The BDS movement brands itself as a human rights campaign, yet the German Bundestag officially classified it as antisemitic and noted that its slogans echo Nazi propaganda. Germany’s intelligence service has stated that the BDS founding manifesto calls for the “end of all Arab land occupation,” which it interprets as a call to eliminate Israel entirely.
Haaretz has documented that BDS leaders openly promote a one state outcome without a Jewish state, revealing that their goal is to dismantle Israel, not end the 1967 occupation. Palestinian writers have also shown that boycotts harm Palestinian workers, while BDS activists have praised the Hamas massacre on October 7 and aligned themselves with terrorist groups like the PFLP. The ‘Terrorists in Suits’ report exposes more than one hundred links between BDS linked NGOs and designated terror organizations, including Hamas, confirming that this is not a peaceful civil society effort but a political warfare campaign. The evidence is clear: BDS is a vehicle for antisemitism packaged as activism and a campaign to delegitimize and eliminate Israel.
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The BDS movement presents itself as a human rights campaign, yet its record tells a very different story. The German Bundestag officially ruled that BDS is antisemitic and noted that its slogans echo Nazi propaganda. Germany’s domestic intelligence agency reported that the BDS founding manifesto calls for ending the “occupation and colonization of all Arab lands,” which it interprets as a call to eliminate Israel entirely. Haaretz has repeatedly documented that BDS leaders openly push for a one state outcome without a Jewish state. This aligns with their goal of dismantling Israel, not ending the 1967 occupation.
BDS claims to champion Palestinians, yet Palestinian writers have shown that boycotts actually harm Palestinian workers and businesses. BDS also embraces groups that celebrate and justify violence against Israelis, and analysts have documented how BDS activists praised the Hamas massacre on October 7. A former senior member of the terrorist organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has openly stated that BDS serves the goals of armed resistance against Israel. In Canada and the United States there are documented incidents in which BDS rhetoric fuels antisemitism on campuses and in street protests.
The ‘Terrorists in Suits’ report reveals more than one hundred ties between BDS linked NGOs and designated terror groups, including Hamas. These connections show that BDS is not a peaceful civil society initiative but a political warfare campaign. The goal is to delegitimize Israel’s right to exist. Columbia University’s own advisory committee rejected three BDS proposals for being antisemitic, yet BDS continues to market itself as activism while spreading hate and conspiracies about Jews worldwide.
The evidence is clear. BDS is not about peace or justice. It is a vehicle for antisemitism packaged as activism and a campaign to delegitimize and eliminate Israel.
