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We oppose BDS in the heart of Portland!

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Anonymous
10 years ago

Do your research. Who are the bad guys?

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Barry wald
10 years ago

Yes, this needs serious public scrutiny.

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Mel Ball
10 years ago

All three of their 3 D's ... Demonization; Double Standards; Delegitimization... are just a newer version of blatant ANTISEMITISM !!! For shame !!!

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Mel Ball
10 years ago

All three of their 3D's...Demonization, Double Standards, Delegitimization...are nothing but ANTI-SEMITISM !!!

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Rachel Peine
10 years ago

BDS is just another term for anti-Semitism.

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Alex Lubet
10 years ago

Thanks for doing this!

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Angela Glaser
10 years ago

I will not call this anti-semitism!!! Because I prefer to call it downright Jew-Hatred!!! Portland be part of the solution! Not part of the problem!

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Marilyn Chernack
10 years ago

I guess you also have to give up most of your innovative technologies like your cellphones and most of your medical technologies too. Right, Portland? Idiots!

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David Liberts
10 years ago

This act is outrageous. I'm very upset.

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Anonymous
10 years ago

BDS is about eliminating ANY Israel, and not about ending the occupation of Arab land. Supporting BDS means supporting the destruction of a legal, legitimate UN member state and it is a way of advancing war. Please do not support the BDS movement.

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Suzanne Dondero
10 years ago

I'd like to point out that this would include boycotting Intel, a major driver of the Portland economy. That is on top of the extraordinary hypocrisy of the idea in the first place.

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emil nisanov
10 years ago

this is outrageous!!!

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Susanne DeWitt
10 years ago

BDS is shameful and Portland citizens should not support it. Susanne DeWitt

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Maris Schwartz
10 years ago

Portland, please don't be swayed by the propaganda. The BDS movement is hateful and anti-Jewish. Israel is a wonderful, DEMOCRATIC country that is leading the way in all areas of technology. Don't hurt your own city and -- your Jewish community -- by cutting Portland off in the same way Frankfurt, Berlin and Munich were in 1930s Germany. I can't believe I have to write such a note 70 years later. Didn't we learn anything from the Holocaust? Shame on all of you!

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Jill Kurfirst
10 years ago

Portland is a beautiful liberal city. Being liberal shouldn't equate with being anti-Israel. Portland can express empathy for Palestinians with supporting the BDS agenda of destroying an ally of the US. BDS calls for Palestine from sea to sea. BDS calls for the right of return for all Palestinian refugees (where refugee includes all descendants of actual refugees). In no other worldwide context do we define refugee as including anyone other than the individuals who were displayed or who actually fled. I urge Portland officials to obtain additional input before acting on this endorsement by Portland Human Rights.

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carmela
10 years ago

This is a racist decision! Stop BDS!

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Liliane Abergel
10 years ago

BDS= ANTISEMITISM, is that what Portland wants to be known for? SodaStream RELOCATED, do you think "palestinians" benefited? NO! THEY LOST THEIR JOBS!

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Renee Ferrera
10 years ago

I am ashamed that the city from which I was born and raised and in which I have lived my entire life has taken this action.

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Marian Gerard
10 years ago

We in Portland need to become more aware that there are several hate groups in Oregon. To confirm this, please see the website of the Southern Poverty Law Project, which tracks the many - and growing - hate groups throughout our country. If we don't stand up for justice not only in our state, but throughout the world, we become part of the problem. Shalom.

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Marco de la Rosa
10 years ago

Portland's HRC is WRONG to propose this RACIST boycott targeting US companies doing legal business with Israel