Nathan Sharansky's "3D" test distinguishes valid criticism from bigotry: demonisation, de-legitimisation, or double standards are bigotry, not valid criticism. The BDS movement, and this sanctimonious author, are guilty on all three counts. So according to that test, they are promoting a bigoted agenda.

The BDS never cease to amaze.
Mohammed said war is deceit and lying is obligatory (Law r8.2 page 745 of Reliance of the Traveller).
BDS LIES
"Occupation of Palestine"
"seige of Gaza"
"stealing of Palestinian lands"

Everyone should read the Muslim Brotherhood "The Project" of 1983.
It outlines a 12 point plan for destroying the west including
1) making Palestine a wedge issue
2) linking terror groups in Palestine with other terror groups
3) preventing peace to effect the destruction of Israel

I assume you'd like to see a 'final solution' to this problem with the Jews, wouldn't you Stuart Rees?

Sandy Groper writes: “demonisation, de-legitimisation, or double standards are bigotry”

To be bigotry, a statement has to be untrue

“Demonisastion” is a word used to duck examination of truth. To call racism and its perpetrators unconscionable demonises them, the point at issue is whether the action/group is or is not racist (or the latest polite substitute word “ethnocentric”). Therefore weasels duck arguing the question of truth/untruth by the weasel-word “demonisation”.

To challenge the legitimacy of something is “de-legitimisation” - a weasel-word to avoid addressing the truth or untruth of the challenge.

Yes, double standards are bigotry - e.g. addressing a social conflict from the standpoint that one of the groups involved is by its nature uniquely “special”. That double standard is bigotry. So is addressing social conflict from the standpoint that this or that religion is “special”.

If BDS can help bring about a single standard of democracy, a single standard of land entitlement, a single standard of freedom for and from a religion, a single standard of respect for the rights of the individual, a goal partly achieved in South Africa, then more strength to its elbow.

Dr Jake Lynch standing up for Palestinians? Off with his head! Stone him until his skull is crushed. Pour excrement on his grave! So say the Israeli-apologists.

Anyone with half a brain and a modicum of education could, if they really wanted to, find out about the sixty years of horror the Palestinians have endured at the hands of the terror regime of Israel.

But, like the Americans, some races of people are entirely exempt from valid criticism while others are blamed for everything. So it is with the Palestinians.

Why, we even have a resident author who posts virtually every week and tries to prove that the Palestinians are to blame no matter what the Israelis do. In their operation Cast Lead when a thousand plus Palestinians were killed (400 of them kids) and only a dozen Israelis, the Palestinians were demonized while Jewish folk stood near the border and watched the slaughter in Gaza while drinking tea.

So good on Dr Lynch for sending the Israeli professor packing. Good on him for promoting BDS along with other civilized countries.

The sooner Israel is neutralized the better it will be for the world!

Israel's influence is totally out of proportion to it's population.No one dares criticise them here but in the USA is has begun.

Obama has put Israel on notice by appointing Chuck Hagel as defence secretary.Hagel has criticised them over their atrocious treatment of the Palistinians and they don't like it.Remember the sacking of Gen Petraeus as head of the CIA? Well 30 other pro Israel officials went too.The truth hurts.Obama also stopped their dreams of attacking Iran and it now looks like the Rebels armed and supported by the West in Syria are defeated.

Obama sees the rise of China in Africa as more important and is sending troops to 35 countries there to try and contain China.Obama is just doing the bidding of the Military Industrial Complex and that includes Wall St.

NATO is also doing Military exercises in the Artic.Apparently there is lots of oil and gas there and they want to keep Russia out.

There are reports that Israel is moving further to the right and they have their own Imperialistic intent in the Middle East.An oil pipeline already links Iraq with Israel.It is not the threat of Nukes from Iran that worries them but all that oil they lust after.

The consolidation of energy in fewer hands is good for the elites but drives us into poverty.There are four big oil cartels that control pricing in the West.We need more competition and if China and Russia can provide it,we are all better off.

There are no good guys in this Global power struggle just stupid ignorant,greedy people with the obession to be number one.

Lance Armstrong is one such psychopath.He was not sorry just sorry he was caught.Winning at any cost is all that matters.We have leaders like this all around the planet.Imagine people like Lance with their fingers on the nukes.So long as Lance had his own nuke shelter, nothing else would matter.