starman2003 wrote:I wish I could be so optimistic. The main problem here is people tend to be ignorant, and don't care about international relations. Generally, the only Americans who care much about the Mideast--to the point of being willing to vote on the basis of Mideast policy--are Israel's supporters....
BDS is effective and will continue to be, despite the laughter that comes from zionists (which by the way, often includes complaints about the movement, suggesting they know of it's effect). American
Jews shut down AIPAC's annual conference in D.C. this year. A lot of young people view Israel by what they see - on social media - how it periodically kills thousands of Palestinians and otherwise kills them every other day or oppresses them with the daily violence that is the illegal occupation. More and more people are speaking out about Israel's crimes. zionists in the US fear this, which is why they've tried to blacklist
students who support Palestine or criminalize the BDS movement. But more importantly, zionists themselves have difficulty excusing Israel's violence, as you can see on this board (i'm obviously not talking about the fascist zionists here). I think if things continue in this direction, they will change, and the more people are educated on the idea that Israel's treatment of Palestinians is akin to slavery (since they're enslaved by the zionist state), the sooner things will change, since most people oppose slavery.
I never used to be optimistic about this issue and I'm not really optimistic about most things, but the current situation just does not seem like it's sustainable.
Free Palestine.