Hope, Not Despair, Causes Terrorism
Can the West convince jihadists that it’s not on the brink of defeat?
August 31, 2017
Preparing an official blacklist to be used for boycotting Israel.
The UN high commissioner for human rights, Prince Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein of Jordan, is reportedly compiling an official blacklist of companies that do business in the West Bank, east Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights, thus putting a weapon in the hands of the movement to boycott, divest from, and sanction Israel (BDS). Benjamin Weinthal writes:
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Login or SubscribeCan the West convince jihadists that it’s not on the brink of defeat?
Preparing an official blacklist to be used for boycotting Israel.
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Der Nister died in the gulag, just a few years before his colleagues were murdered.