{"id":4139,"date":"2009-07-01T17:24:56","date_gmt":"2009-07-01T21:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?p=4139"},"modified":"2012-12-26T21:51:53","modified_gmt":"2012-12-27T02:51:53","slug":"naomi-klein-on-boycotting-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/international-relations\/07\/01\/naomi-klein-on-boycotting-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Naomi Klein on Boycotting Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><object width=\"425\" height=\"349\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/HC8TX0TXcds&#038;rel=0&#038;border=1&#038;color1=0xb1b1b1&#038;color2=0xcfcfcf&#038;hl=en&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/HC8TX0TXcds&#038;rel=0&#038;border=1&#038;color1=0xb1b1b1&#038;color2=0xcfcfcf&#038;hl=en&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" width=\"425\" height=\"349\" wmode=\"transparent\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a boycott of Israeli institutions, it&#8217;s a boycott of the Israeli economy,&#8221; the Canadian writer told journalists as she joined a weekly demonstration against Israel&#8217;s controversial separation wall.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Boycott is a tactic &#8230;we&#8217;re trying to create a dynamic which was the dynamic that ultimately ended apartheid in South Africa. It&#8217;s an extraordinarily important part of Israel&#8217;s identity to be able to have the illusion of Western normalcy,&#8221; the Canadian writer and activist said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When that is threatened, when the rock concerts don&#8217;t come, when the symphonies don&#8217;t come, when a film you really want to see doesn&#8217;t play at the Jerusalem film festival&#8230; then it starts to threaten the very idea of what the Israeli state is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philipweiss.org\/mondoweiss\/2009\/06\/naomi-klein-in-bilin-this-apartheid-this-is-absolutely-a-system-of-segregation.html\"><em>via Mondoweiss<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a boycott of Israeli institutions, it&#8217;s a boycott of the Israeli economy,&#8221; the Canadian writer told journalists as she joined a weekly demonstration against Israel&#8217;s controversial separation wall. &#8220;Boycott is a tactic &#8230;we&#8217;re trying to create a dynamic which was the dynamic that ultimately ended apartheid in South Africa. 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