Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan on Wednesday
presented his ministry’s report, “Behind
the Mask: The Antisemitic Nature of BDS Exposed” to the European Parliament
in Brussels.
He was joined at the presentation by the special envoys
against antisemitism from the United States and European Union, Elan Carr and
Katharina von Schnurbein.
BDS stands for the Boycott, Divest and Sanction campaign to
delegitimize and wage economic war against the State of Israel.
“I call on the member states of the EU not to take part in
the discriminatory and antisemitic BDS campaign, the goals of which include the
destruction of the Jewish State,” Erdan said.
“Behind the Mask” documents numerous examples in which leading
BDS activists or organizations disseminated content that meet the
internationally accepted definition of antisemitism as defined by the
International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of
Antisemitism which has been formally adopted by 15 countries and the European
Union.
The examples cited in this report are divided into three
main sections: expressions of classic antisemitism; Holocaust inversion; and
denial of the Jewish people’s right to self-determination – all forms of antisemitism
under the IHRA Working Definition.
Last February, the Ministry of Strategic Affairs released
the “Terrorists in Suits” report, which revealed more than 100 links between
the terrorist groups Hamas and the PFLP with prominent BDS organizations. Following
the report, several European countries expelled BDS activists, cancelled BDS
events, and closed BDS bank accounts.
The new “Behind the Mask” report is another step in the
Ministry of Strategic Affairs campaign to reveal the true motives of the BDS
leadership.
“Today we have proven beyond a doubt that BDS is an
antisemitic campaign led by supporters of terror with one purpose: the
elimination of the Jewish State,” Erdan said.
“I urge Western countries not to take part in the antisemitic
lies of BDS, not to legitimize its racism, and surely not to fund it.”
Source: Jewish press
