"Allow me first to state in the clearest possible terms that the European Union is a friend of Israel and has never advocated or condoned a boycott of Israel, of its citizens, of its companies or of its products."

Seems clear enough. Both the Republicans and the BDS nuts get their hands slapped. Win-Win.

that they may be participating in a boycott of the Jewish state......

This can not possibly be spun any way other than a humiliating defeat for the bigoted BDS movement.

Source: Times of Israel

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There are some Israeli politicians who would disagree with you. Personally I think the labeling makes it easier to boycott the illegal settlements, which is the goal of BDS anyway.

But the bigoted BDS movement has different goals than the reasonable ones you espouse.
And the EU has stated trade with Israel has increased massively.
This can not possibly be spun as anything but a failure for the bigoted BDS organization.....

The campaign for boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) is shaped by a rights-based approach and highlights the three broad sections of the Palestinian people: the refugees, those under military occupation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and Palestinians in Israel. The call urges various forms of boycott against Israel until it meets its obligations under international law by:

Ending its occupation and colonization of all Arab lands occupied in June 1967 and dismantling the Wall;

Recognizing the fundamental rights of the Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel to full equality; and Respecting, protecting and

promoting the rights of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and properties as stipulated in UN Resolution 194. - See

more at: http://bdsmovement.net/bdsintro#sthash.WdN4K60e.dpuf

Festival and had no problems allowing an anti Gay hateful bigoted homophobic filth of a singer to go ahead and perform at the same festival.

The BDS movement had left severed pigs heads in kosher Jewish supermarkets and harassed regular Jews outside Israel.

In Spain the BDS movement has attempted to ban Jewish festivals.

The list is endless

The BDS movement is a bigoted anti Jew movement worldwide..... Thankfully they are marginal extremists here in the USA.

Please don't suger coat these hateful Jew hating bigots .

a statement declaring solidarity with the founding of a Palestinian state by the festivals planners and in fact after a loud campaign against the Sun Splash festival the rapper was allowed to preform without doing what every other act preforming at the festival did

BDS proponents often present their case to students in terms of peace and justice; however, this masks the real agenda of seeking to destroy Israel rather than simply improve the lives of Palestinians and help them achieve independence. The true aims of BDS become clearer when the views of the movement’s leaders are examined. As the examples below demonstrate, they oppose a two-state solution or any other resolution to the conflict that would recognize the right of the Jewish people to self-determination in their homeland.

http://www.stopbds.com/?page_id=48


“Going back to the two-state solution, besides having passed its expiry date, it was never a moral solution to start with.We are witnessing the rapid demise of Zionism, and nothing can be done to save it, for Zionism is intent on killing itself. I, for one, support euthanasia.“

-Omar Bargouti

Jews inside and outside of Israel.

Recently at a reggae festival the BDS movement attempted to ban a Jewish American from performing but had no problems with a Gay hating filth from performing at the same festival.

to be true.

I don't know of any actual attempts at BDS that target companies because they're Israeli. All instances of BDS that I know of target companies that do business in the settlements; Veolia, Sodastream, Mekorot, Barkan winery etc. The Methodist Pension Board bars investment in Israeli banks not because they're Israeli - it's because they operate in the settlements.

If your argument was even remotely valid, then products made in Israel and companies from Israel would be targeted, which they aren't.

Mondoweiss is the living embodiment of BDS.

To put any and every possible negative rumor out there that makes peace between Jews and Arabs impossible, leading to 1-state (Palestinian majority) destruction of the Jewish state.

A bi-partisan foolishness..embarrassing how they do this crap.

...and threaten Jews worldwide.

That's their true goal, not boycotts.

the Jewish state....