BS Activities Help Hamas, Says Gatestone Institute Commentator

Khaled Abu Toameh, in a commentary titled "BDS and Hamas: The New Partnership", explains wonderfully why BSemites are actually helping Hamas activists. And this help, recalls Abu Toameh, does not only translate into boycott or divestment, but its true intention is undermining the very existence of Israel. Just read his poignant words for yourself:

Hamas has found new allies: the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. 

Over the past few weeks, Hamas leaders have expressed deep satisfaction with the work of the BDS activists around the world. Hamas is convinced that the anti-Israel campaign will ultimately pave the way for the elimination of Israel. 

For Hamas, this is not just about boycotting or imposing sanctions against Israel. Rather, it is about delegitimizing and isolating Israel, and turning it into a rogue state that has no right to exist. 

That is why Hamas today believes that it shares a common goal with the BDS movement -- namely to destroy Israel. As far as Hamas is concerned, BDS is not about putting an end to Israeli "occupation," but about ending the existence of Israel.

Abu Toameh shows how Hamas openly expresses its hopes for the BSemite movement:

Here is what senior Hamas official Izzat al-Risheq had to say about the U.S. Administration's public opposition to the anti-Israel BDS campaign: "The attempts by the U.S. Administration to prevent the rise of the political, economic and academic boycott against Israel makes it complicit in the crimes and terror against the Palestinian people." 

Heaping praise on the BDS advocates and activists, the Hamas official openly admitted that the ultimate goal of the BDS campaign was to destroy Israel. "We call for escalating the campaign to isolate the occupation and end the existence of its usurper entity," he added.

So BSemites, what do you really want? Boycott, or perhaps a little more?