On Wed, 28 Sep 2011, Doug Henwood wrote:
> This discussion brings me back to an exchange I had with Noam several
> years ago. His point was that by boycotting Israel, Americans would be
> boycotting a political culture far more sophisticated than our own. And
> since Israel would have a very hard time doing what it does without U.S.
> money and weapons, what exactly is the point of Americans pushing a
> boycott of Israel and not of ourselves? And how do we boycott ourselves?
I like this formulation. But couldn't a BDS activist in the US object that that is precisely what they are doing? They aren't trying to stop France dealing with Israel. They are trying to stop the US from dealing with Israel. So that is us boycotting (divesting, sanctioning) ourselves.
Michael