BDS and Durban: A Festival of Hate

In 1997, the UN decided to establish a global committee against racism. The committee first convened in Durban in 2001, and it turned out to be the opposite of what its name suggested—rather than fighting racism, it became a festival of hate. More than 1,500 NGOs signed a pledge to attack Israel through terms like “apartheid,” “colonialism,” and “genocide.” In practice, this was the tipping point that gave rise, through the NGO space, to the modern form of antisemitism we are witnessing today. 

Four years later, in 2005, the BDS movement was founded. The funds the Palestinians received as part of the Oslo Accords—intended to promote peace—were in fact used to finance the campaign against Israel. Hamas itself is directly involved in BDS: its representatives sit on management boards, In reality, many former Hamas members hold key positions within BDS and in other organizations aligned with its values. BDS main offices are in ramalla, in Judea and Samaria. 

BDS is at the heart of the ngo attack against Israel. Every human right, cultural, ecological ngo is simply more likely to get financed if the work against Israel. According to the ngo monitir site most money comes from European governments that belive they are promoting anti racism goals. 

According to the organization’s own website, the struggle is waged across ten main arenas: culture, sports, students, academia, trade unions, environmental issues, the LGBTQ community, the “right” to boycott, economy, and municipalities.

On the cultural front, for example, they campaign against Israel’s right to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest.

On the municipal front, they promote “twin city” partnerships with Gaza—an initiative once positive and simbolic, and now a legal loophall that allows Hamas to receive funds directly from municipalities around the world, and to bring its people into those cities in ways that would not otherwise be considered legal.