I would suppose the ongoing resistance against the brutal occupation has been the most effective so far. Boycotting the Zionist Regime may be of no use since they have the unilateral support of the USA. The Israeli lobby groups (as well as the oil lobby groups) in the US make sure any presidential candidate has been bought off. Secondly Israel hides the origin of products they make because they know most of the global community with a concisions would not buy from them. You can identify their products by the serial number they use. Many countries boycott Zionist intellectuals and the Israeli prime minister from entering their soil such as Belgium and so on. Ehud Olmert would be arrested as a war criminal. That is a good start. I wonder how much longer Israel can sustain this level of occupation, the creation of refugees and a Zionist campaign of racism.

Boycotting Israel for what? For existing? Calling for a boycott online is a bit humorous since Israel not only invented AIM technology but Intel processors as well...but that is another subject perhaps. I find it extremely ignorant though to suggesting a boycott of Israeli academic institutions. Academia is tradionally the place where change is most likely to emanate from. It is also relevant when one realises that Israel does not discriminate in any way, shape, or form against either Arab teachers/professors OR students. Then, one must also take into account that this movement to boycott is originating in the UK. The UK, a nation that holds the Malvinas, Scotland, Wales, and many other distinct colonial remanants is a poor source of criticism as one can find. Finally, nations like N. Korea are enslaving their own populace, nations like China are doing not much better and it is getting worse as capitalism takes further root, and slavery and genocide is still the soup de jour in many places on our planet. Yet, and this is QUITE CURIOUS, all this attention is focused on a geopolitical quagmore created by the allegedly "oppressed." Had "Palestinians" accepted sovereignity and peaceful coexistence when initially offered in 1919, thiws subject would be nothing more than a sick joke. Since 1919 their lot has grown progressively worse and they have continued trying to take Israel with them. Asking people to boycott Israel? For what?

No, Rizzasrach, not for existing, but for oppressing. When the oppression stops, the boycotts can stop. Now I know that you will respond that Israel is not oppressive, only responding to terrorism. Our response here is that these things arise mutually. Israel and Palestine are locked in a reciprocal violent struggle, with each blow creating a more bitter response. This will go on until both sides are exhausted, sick and tired of violence. Then they will talk peace. Our role, the whole world of onlookers, is to point out that this is enough war already. It is time to stop the violence, and to start confidence building measures. Your propoer task as human peoples of an arid country is not to kill as many of the opposition as you can, but to work together to manage water, forestry, agriculture and infrastructure in a sustainable way. IMHO. Shalom Richard

The entire world condemns Israel. The proposed boycott of Israeli academia is just one small part of this condemnation, in itself justified or not. To refer to the whole world condemnation of Israel (with the exception of the USA and acolytes) as 'Western meddling' is preposterous.

Rizzasrach 1- For me bycotting if it is usefull have to be for not to export things from israel, as they are always deprive us from our exporting vegetables and fruits to even arab countries, israel control everything even when to feed and what to eat and letting us poor. If the west bycott israel of that as he did now with other arab and muslim countries, so the problem will be solved and our country will return to us or at least to live peacfully and have our degnity. 2- When the aggressors invade u contry , what shall u do? u will keep silent, in 1919 it was a conspiracy and as the whole world know that the promise to give palestine to jewish and if a theif comes to u home and wants u land , so what u will do with him, i dont think even jesus ( peace be upon him ) will keep silent if he was a palestinian and see that happened to his land even he said if anyone slap u in u right cheeck so give him the left one. See what Bush did when the tower falls and he destroyed 2 countries even they are far from what happende. So it seems becasue arabs was not accepting stealing and demolishing their homes, so they have to be punished more by stealing more lands from them !!!!! is that logic mr rizzasrach. 3- Here in arab and muslim countries, of course all people like to bycott israel products and frankly they dont like it , but as all knows, israel can export what she wants via america and hold another names inorder to go to ME and some people dont know that . Beleive me israel is a country over international law and it is injust country and it seems it wants to revenge from hallucast by doing another hallucast to palestinains, is that fair ? 4- also iam wondering, as jewish people have more customs and cultures near to the west and not the east, as all countries surronded palestine are arabs and muslims, same history, same culture, same language, same thinkings adopting same relegion and conservative and like to be the same for ever, but israel is different, it is clear that they are different form us in everything, they are the strange in our land, and not we. Can america accept cupa to be a state in the middle of America ? or China to have a state in the middle, no body agrees, even though we now wants peace and let them live with us as muslims all the history treats non muslims well and ethically , but to given our rights and dignity which is not so difficult. 5- bycotting israel to tell her, stop aggression, stop swallowing more land from palestinaisn by building the wall, stop killing children and women , stop demolishing homes of families, stop treating palestinians in a humulating way , let us refugee return back, let all palestininans pray in Al aqsa mosque, give them freedom , work, education, security, eating, and then beleive me , when all of the families are secured and their children are educated , so no war again would be, but now it came to my mind a glimse that may be isreael dont want security to palestinians and to give more education and welfare to those kids, so may be they will increase in numbers and again palestinians will be more than isralei as jewish like west dont like to have much kids, may be Iam wrong, i dont know? in this crazy world really I dont know ?

What you and I may consider rational doesn't seem that way to those who start from different premises. Inbuilt into the concept of the Jewish State is that the concerns of Jews take priority over those of non-Jews. Therefore, the notion of justice is that Israel should prevail (not at any cost, but, certainly, at the cost of of sufferng tp others). The first conquest of Palestine was achieved by what , by the standards of the time, was the, entirely moral, extermination of the native population. We have moved on since then. The displacement of the native population is a gentler genocide. From the given premises, an agenda to this effect is rational and impartial justice is not. Jewish nationalism is not unique in this respect, of course. Far from it.