I was born and raised in Portland. I was always proud of my city and it was a tolerant and comfortable city. BDS is anti-Semitism. Why are you doing this?
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Anonymous
10 years ago
Why would your city boycott the only democracy in the Middle east to start with? Now to talk about boycotting US businesses for selling to Israel, thereby possibly costing Palestinian's their decent , well paying jobs makes absolutely no sense.
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Donna McCoy
10 years ago
This is so sad and hateful to Israel
I will always stand by them.
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Shirona Lurie
10 years ago
BDS is anti-Semitism, Racism and Hypocrisy and has no place in a civilized society.
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Sandra Lehner
10 years ago
The goal of the BDS movement is not peace but the destruction of all Israel. No more homeland for the Jewish people in the land they lived on until the Romans forced the Jews out. However Jews still maintained a strong connection and presence there.
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Diane davus
10 years ago
Despicable !!
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Ruth Kenner
10 years ago
Supporting BDS is the same as supporting violence, intimidation and unemployment.
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Anonymous
10 years ago
If you read the BDS manifesto, they would have you ban books written by a Jew. If you allow this I'll boycott anything from Oregon.
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Arthur Vinnitsky
10 years ago
Ashamed to be a part of this city for even considering this.
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Susanna Maria
10 years ago
Really sad...
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Semyon Bilmes
10 years ago
Portland Human Rights Commission should be named Portland Human Wrongs Commission.
BDS movement (“Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions” – the strategy of economic warfare and delegitimization against Israel). While BDS has gotten most of its successes with low-hanging fruit like British academic unions and pop singers, the anti-boycott efforts are getting an enthusiastic reception in real governments, on the state and federal level. And that is because the message of the BDS movement – Israel as a uniquely villainous state – is fundamentally rejected by the vast majority of Americans.
BDS is racist and bigoted front for anti-democratic, anti-American and anti-Western values - Jihadist war.
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Hans York
10 years ago
These companies employ Arab-Israelis & Palestinians, in Israel. This boycott only serves to further reduce their standards of living.
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Barbara Robertson
10 years ago
It is disturbing and repugnant that, of all the horrible human rights abuses going on around the globe, Israel should have been singled out. While imperfect, Israel has strived to behave in ethical ways toward all its citizens and neighbors, even while under relentless attack. This BDS action made our Human Right Commission look like a tool for anti-semites, and weakened its credibility.
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Bryna Anton
10 years ago
BDS is an organization whose basis is anti-semitism---hatred of Jews. Please do not be guilty of siding with these people against Jews.
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eleanor perlin
10 years ago
Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East. This boycott was created by a group who denies the existance of Israel, which is the USA's greatest ally. Portland, you are a disgrace.
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Marshall E. Schwartz
10 years ago
This measure is nothing more than vile antisemitism. Why? The authors ignore the myriad human rights violations which occur daily in Russia, Iran, China, Saudi Arabia, and many other countries. If the Commission actually cared about human rights, then they would have proposed a boycott of all these countries. The fact that they have remained silent indicts them as antisemites.
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Fredricka Lainoff
10 years ago
Go along with this then throw away your cell phones and all the other possessions made in Israel. See how you will like living without them.
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David Meir-Levi
10 years ago
BDS was invented by the Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA), a propaganda think-tank located in Ramala, West Bank, and funded primarily by Saudi Arabia. It cares nothing about the Palestinians, and knows full well that the only economy harmed by BDS success will be the Palestinian economy. The promotion of divestment is merely a front for the continuous creation of new platforms (such as the Portland Human Rights Commission in this case) from which to generate anti-Israel propaganda. The goal of BDS is not the creation of a Palestinian state, but the destruction of the Jewish State.
Do NOT fall prey to this sham. BDS does not advance peace or human rights or Palestinian political self-determination. It advances only a propaganda package of lies, and it has made the Portland Human Rights Commission its most recent patsy.
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Candace Swan
10 years ago
To single out the only Jewish state for discrimination is anti-Semitic and hateful. Israel shares our values of freedom of and from religion, free speech and equal rights for women, LGBT and minorities. The people at the root of BDS share none of those ballots and are targeting Israel because they don't want to live in peace with Jews.
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Rita Shmulevsky
10 years ago
Radicalism is always goes hand in hand with antisemitism. Portland is a proof
I was born and raised in Portland. I was always proud of my city and it was a tolerant and comfortable city. BDS is anti-Semitism. Why are you doing this?
Why would your city boycott the only democracy in the Middle east to start with? Now to talk about boycotting US businesses for selling to Israel, thereby possibly costing Palestinian's their decent , well paying jobs makes absolutely no sense.
This is so sad and hateful to Israel I will always stand by them.
BDS is anti-Semitism, Racism and Hypocrisy and has no place in a civilized society.
The goal of the BDS movement is not peace but the destruction of all Israel. No more homeland for the Jewish people in the land they lived on until the Romans forced the Jews out. However Jews still maintained a strong connection and presence there.
Despicable !!
Supporting BDS is the same as supporting violence, intimidation and unemployment.
If you read the BDS manifesto, they would have you ban books written by a Jew. If you allow this I'll boycott anything from Oregon.
Ashamed to be a part of this city for even considering this.
Really sad...
Portland Human Rights Commission should be named Portland Human Wrongs Commission. BDS movement (“Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions” – the strategy of economic warfare and delegitimization against Israel). While BDS has gotten most of its successes with low-hanging fruit like British academic unions and pop singers, the anti-boycott efforts are getting an enthusiastic reception in real governments, on the state and federal level. And that is because the message of the BDS movement – Israel as a uniquely villainous state – is fundamentally rejected by the vast majority of Americans. BDS is racist and bigoted front for anti-democratic, anti-American and anti-Western values - Jihadist war.
These companies employ Arab-Israelis & Palestinians, in Israel. This boycott only serves to further reduce their standards of living.
It is disturbing and repugnant that, of all the horrible human rights abuses going on around the globe, Israel should have been singled out. While imperfect, Israel has strived to behave in ethical ways toward all its citizens and neighbors, even while under relentless attack. This BDS action made our Human Right Commission look like a tool for anti-semites, and weakened its credibility.
BDS is an organization whose basis is anti-semitism---hatred of Jews. Please do not be guilty of siding with these people against Jews.
Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East. This boycott was created by a group who denies the existance of Israel, which is the USA's greatest ally. Portland, you are a disgrace.
This measure is nothing more than vile antisemitism. Why? The authors ignore the myriad human rights violations which occur daily in Russia, Iran, China, Saudi Arabia, and many other countries. If the Commission actually cared about human rights, then they would have proposed a boycott of all these countries. The fact that they have remained silent indicts them as antisemites.
Go along with this then throw away your cell phones and all the other possessions made in Israel. See how you will like living without them.
BDS was invented by the Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA), a propaganda think-tank located in Ramala, West Bank, and funded primarily by Saudi Arabia. It cares nothing about the Palestinians, and knows full well that the only economy harmed by BDS success will be the Palestinian economy. The promotion of divestment is merely a front for the continuous creation of new platforms (such as the Portland Human Rights Commission in this case) from which to generate anti-Israel propaganda. The goal of BDS is not the creation of a Palestinian state, but the destruction of the Jewish State. Do NOT fall prey to this sham. BDS does not advance peace or human rights or Palestinian political self-determination. It advances only a propaganda package of lies, and it has made the Portland Human Rights Commission its most recent patsy.
To single out the only Jewish state for discrimination is anti-Semitic and hateful. Israel shares our values of freedom of and from religion, free speech and equal rights for women, LGBT and minorities. The people at the root of BDS share none of those ballots and are targeting Israel because they don't want to live in peace with Jews.
Radicalism is always goes hand in hand with antisemitism. Portland is a proof