Hours after Hamas-backed fighters broke out of the fence surrounding Gaza and embarked on a crusade of rape, killing, and kidnapping throughout southern Israel, some American corporate activists began their crusade to legitimize all of it.
Notably among their ranks were advocates of the boycott, divest, and sanction (BDS) movement.
“Oppression is the root cause of violence,” wrote the BDS movement in a statement released on Oct. 7, offering praise to the “powerful armed reaction of the oppressed Palestinians in Gaza” and making no mention of the deaths of nearly 1,200 innocent Israelis, or Hamas, the group that made it all happen.
As Israel’s political enemies swept across the battlefield, its corporate enemies in the Environmental, Social and Governance movement went to the boardroom to make good on their promises. The push for divestment was afoot.
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