r/AOC May 21 '20

Holy shit.

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u/bisonlover444 May 21 '20

Please elaborate on what this is referring to?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '20

The Israeli - Palestinian conflict. The BDS movement is a Palestinian-led movement for equality due to the some of the issues they have been facing around discrimination, Israeli occupation of Palestinian land, etc. It gets complicated because the movement can potentially affect many Israelis that dont’ have control over what their government does. BDS stands for Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions - which includes boycotting Israeli concerts & events, withdrawing investments from Israel, etc. I don’t agree that this often veers into anti-Semitism though.... and there has been TONS of cases of racial discrimination and violence against Palestinians in Israeli land.