Isn it unfair and one-sided to singling out Israel for divestment?
For those who argue that there are many repressive governments elsewhere in the world, the fact that there is another situation, doesn’t mean that the Palestinian situation is not horrendous and should be put aside to concentrate on other countries. Secondly, Israel is the largest recipient of foreign aid from the United States, and most of that consists of weapons. In a sense, the United States is enabling Israel to oppress the Palestinians, and therefore people in the United States have a special obligation to put a stop to it. The campaign is not one-sided against Israel. It is merely an attempt to restore the balance that our federal government and arms manufacturing corporations have upset by siding unequivocally with Israel. It is not hypocritical for singling Israel out, any more than other campaigns are hypocritical for singling out South Africa for its apartheid policies, China for its occupation of Tibet, or Russia for its human rights abuses in Chechnya.
