The fight against the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement's anti-Israel campaign is an ongoing one, in which the weapons, operatives, and theaters change frequently.
Most recently, Israel has noted several victories in the fight against anti-Semitic boycotts, with a series of decisions by governments around the world adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's resolution stating that anti-Israel activity is akin to anti-Semitism.
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It began in Europe, with a German proclamation that anti-Zionism is akin to anti-Semitism; then came a United Nations report linking anti-Semitism to anti-Israel activities and later, the National Assembly of France passes a resolution stating that anti-Zionism is a form of anti-Semitism.
This series of decisions culminated in US President Donald Trump signing an executive order protecting Jews against anti-Semitism on college campuses and stating that any violation of their rights is a violation of the Civil Rights Act – something that could significantly change the fight against the BDS movement.
Still, many Jewish intellectuals and Israeli academics were quick to decry these decisions, declaring that anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism were not linked in any way. Some even sent a petition on these parliaments over the issue, expressing their anger at the decision, and asserting that BDS was not a violent movement, and that all it seeks is to promote Israeli withdrawal from Judea and Samaria via economic and cultural sanctions on Israel.
The sympathy the BDS movement garners worldwide is bizarre, to say the least. All anyone has to do is gander at its website to learn that its goals do not end with the Green Line. The analysis of statements by BDS leaders also shows that they believe that Israel itself – not the so-called "occupation" is the real problem.
The ranks of the BDS movement are brimming with self-professed anti-Semites and convicted terrorists, as is clearly evident from a recent report by Israel's Strategic Affairs Ministry.
For these boycott-enthusiasts, any success in Israel's fight against BDS mandated they augment their defense of this nefarious movement, even if it means they are, in fact, promoting an academic boycott against the very institutions that employ them.
It seems that despite recent successes, the fight against the BDS movement is far from over. We tend to see this struggle in absolute terms of victory and defeat, but BDS supporters believe that even if they lose a bid, the mere fact that they got to malign Israel means that they have won.
For them, no defeat is real because all of their actions, be they successful or not, seek only to promote the delegitimization of Israel and its branding as an "apartheid state."
