“The idea that somehow there can be movements organized to deny Israel its legitimacy, and not to allow Israel to participate in economic commerce in the world, sure that is [anti-Semitic]. Carr said it was “discriminatory” to not purchase products made by Jewish communities and buy products made by Arabs living nearby. The anti-Semitism envoy position had been vacant for two years, and members of Congress had been pressing the administration to fill it. He characterized the BDS movement as “dedicated to strangling the Jewish state out of existence.”“This isn’t a ragtag group,” he added. And the stated goals on the website of the BDS movement is to deny the state of Israel economic prosperity and to deny it legitimacy.

Source: Washington Post April 11, 2019 23:01 UTC