JERUSALEM (JTA) — The founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel said that if Israel invents a vaccine for the coronavirus, those who reject normalization with Israel by boycotting it can still be given the vaccine.
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Omar Barghouti made the comments in a Facebook live Arabic-language webinar Sunday titled “BDS and Anti-normalization: The most important strategies to fight against the deal of the century, even in the time of COVID-19.”
Barghouti said that Israel should not be allowed to use the coronavirus crisis to maintain relations with the Palestinian Authority and with other Arab states.
He also said, according to the Jerusalem Post: “if you use medical equipment from Israel — it’s not a problem. Cooperating with Israel against the virus – to begin with, we do not consider it normalization.”
The same is true of other medical breakthroughs, he said. “If Israel finds a cure for cancer, for example, or any other virus, then there is no problem in cooperating with Israel to save millions of lives,” he said.
He pointed out, the Jerusalem Post reported, that “up until now, we have not been in a situation where we need Israel urgently and no one else can save us but Israel. If that will happen, saving lives is more important than anything else.”
The description of the webinar in the Facebook post accused Israel of exploiting Palestinian workers in the country by not offering them protection against the virus, and accused Israel of “intensifying the looting of the land and arrests, oppression and killing, while normalization continues with the Arab official system.”
Basically the same like the Chareidm (Bnei Brak, Lakewood etc.)who davened with a minyan, purim seudah etc claiming they are learning and will not get the virus than call Hatzolah to take them to the Hospital.
Like the Trump MAGA people who cursed Obamacare (Replace it on day one) and they all using it. Of I forgot they Hated Obamacare but love ACA (affordable Care Act) BDS and MAGA are both Deplorables.
Oh, he made a heter.
Yasher koach!!
I say let’s be machmir!
Pathetic hypocrite.
Who said we want to give it to them?
MAGA…. KAGA
Trump’s in your noggin all day…. Haaaaaaaah…
Watcha gonna do for the next 4 years????
You have to admire a good “gottcha”question. Well done!
He’s already using Israeli technology with his smartphone and GPS and numerous other products without realizing it.
Like the Jews that boycotted Nazi products but used them if really needed.
Nope, no way, no how, enemies of Israel and Jews, do NOT get to benefit from us. You hate us? you want to destroy us? you would rather see Jews dead than get along with us…..so you get DREK from anything developed in Israel or by any Jew.
Notice to all card-carrying BDS members/terrorists:
Do NOT use any Israeli vaccines.
Adherence to ideals sometimes requires personal sacrifice.
Better to die for your ideals, than to derive any benefit from Israel…
how generous of him ! putz !
Some of these commentators should be banned – I thought that there is some standard to be adhered to when commenting on Stories
Anti the medina yet no problem taking from it when it’s useful? Can’t think of any parallels…..
To all the Yidden that claim to know how to think because they learn Gemarah. Do you think a Jew in America turned down lifesaving medicine because it was invented or made in Nazi Germany?
Anti-Zionist Haredi will absolutely take an Israeli government created vaccine (and demand it for free too). And it’s not quite like BDS but I would say it is a bit hypocritical. Not to mention of course the ones who sneered at virology.