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Canada’s plan to make boycotting Israel a ‘hate crime’ is stupid and counterproductive

Canada’s plan to make boycotting Israel a ‘hate crime’ is stupid and counterproductive The new law would put Jews and civil society groups on trial for anti-Semitism I’ve never been keen on boycotts. The one against Italy for invading Abyssinia didn’t work. Nor did the arms blockade on Spain. I’m still not sure that boycotting South Africa really brought down apartheid. I rather suspect that the old racists simply realised they were hopelessly outnumbered by the blacks of South Africa and that the game was up. And I’m still unconvinced that boycotting Israel, even though it frightens the right-wing crazies… View Article