[lbo-talk] On Chomsky's remark about Israeli society

Michael Smith mjs at smithbowen.net
Fri Sep 30 18:18:53 PDT 2011


On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:39:04 -0700 "Chuck Grimes" <c123grimes at att.net> wrote:


> > analogies to the
> > South Africa situation are being applied a little two mechanically.

Analogies are always inexact, and every situation is sui-generis, but I can't think of a *better* analogy to Israel than South Africa.

I'd be interested to hear more about how the analogy fails in ways that have implications for strategy -- particularly the BDS approach.

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