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Recently, both as an academic who studies the Holocaust and as a passionate Canadian Jew, I have been struggling to make liminal to others my fear of an increasingly troubling trend. That being the denigration of the actions of the BDS movement in Canada and internationally from disseminating anti-Israeli discourse to engaging in acts of anti-Semitism.
Jan 24, 2021
“Promoting Arab products while boycotting Jewish products from the same country is an obvious example of anti-Semitism,” said Michael Mostyn, CEO of B’nai Brith Canada.
A prominent Canadian activist for the boycott of Israel is promoting the sale of Israeli wine, a B’nai Brith Canada investigation has revealed – but only because the winemaker is an Arab, rather than an Israeli Jew.
“Palestine Just Trade,” a federally-incorporated not-for-profit, has been encouraging Canadians to purchase products from the Ashkar Winery throughout 2020.
On its website, Palestine Just Trade says it “was established in 2018 to bring distinct, quality Palestinian products into Canada on the basis that all of its activities must support ‘just’ trade related to international law and human rights, and be considered through the lens of providing the message of ‘just peace’ in regard to Palestine.”