> 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.
>
I'm not against analogies, and I think that the South Africa analogy
brings in some useful ways of thinking about movement creation, tactics,
and strategy, but the limitations of the post-Apartheid situation is often
ignored, as well as some of the divergences that Doug brings up. robert
wood
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