Boycott Roger Waters \u2014 Stop BDS<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\nWith more than 3,500 signatures at the time of this publishing, the petition reads in part: \u201cWhile Waters speaks about \u2018tear[ing] down wall[s],\u2019 he is one of the leading musicians today erecting the very walls that hinder peace in the region and fuel hatred. This hatred not only affects the state of Israel, but Jewish communities worldwide, as well as all those who care about human rights and democratic principles.\u201d<\/p>\n
BDS leaders often claim that the purpose of the BDS movement is to champion Palestinian rights. However, this is highly misleading. As illustrated by extensive research and documentation, the objective of BDS is the complete elimination of the state of Israel as the nation state of the Jewish people. BDS\u00a0seeks not to condemn specific Israeli government policies, but to unjustly target Israelis, Jews and all those worldwide who stand in support of the Jewish state. The tactics of utilizing immoral double standards and strategies of demonization and delegitimization are all expressions of contemporary antisemitism.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are in a very confused time now,\u201d Small explained to the\u00a0Observer<\/em>. \u201cThe old religious forms of antisemitism and the racist nationalist forms of antisemitism are, for the most part, problems of the past. There are three forms of antisemitism, and the new one is the demonization and delegitimization of Israel and Jewish peoplehood\u00a0\u2014\u00a0and that has become acceptable.\u201d<\/p>\nSmall continued: \u201cWe have to unpack it for scholars and intellectuals but also for popular culture, and that is why Ian\u2019s work is so important. Through the film and through\u00a0this project<\/a>, we\u2019re trying to wake people up to contemporary antisemitism and get them to stand up against all forms of hatred as well.\u201d<\/p>\nHalperin\u2019s documentaries have been aired on CNN and in over 160 countries.\u00a0Wish You Weren\u2019t Here<\/em>\u00a0features interviews and remarks by intellectuals and entertainers such as Alan Dershowitz and Howard Stern, and will be released late this summer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n(Paul Miller is president and executive director of the news and public policy group Haym Salomon Center. Follow him on Twitter @pauliespoint. This article was originally published by the\u00a0Observer, and can be\u00a0viewed here<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n
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