Tag: Boycot

28May 2017

Israel Defamed to Israel Acclaimed

Prestigious British medical journal – The Lancet – three years later redeems itself A lancet is a double edged surgical knife but it is also the name of the internationally esteemed British medical journal – The Lancet. When it comes to Israel, the journal’s recent history has lived up to its namesake – a doubled […]

25May 2017

Boycotts, Shmoycotts – who are the real losers?

The BDS (Boycott, Divestment and sanctions) movement sure is noisy. While lacking cerebral substance, they understand the veracity of symbolism and language that is provocative, emotive and emotional. They understand that gratuitous use of the word Apartheid is guaranteed to get an emotional reaction from people. I use the word gratuitous intentionally because BDS have […]