"Kick Israel Out of FIFA" Fanatics upstaged by an Evangelical Preacher (video)

Here are the "Kick Israel out of FIFA" brigade outside the Spurs vs Aston Villa game in London at the weekend, spewing, courtesy of their loquacious Irish-accented spokesperson, their usual bile.

Unhappily for them, they find themselves unexpectedly sharing their patch with an old-tyme Evangelical preacher:

(Mr AlexSeymour video)

Meanwhile, across the La Manche, more BDS mischief (scroll down for English translation)

Off The Menu: An Aussie brings BDS to Eguisheim

His Facebook page tells us that a certain Australian cafe owner in Eguisheim, Alsace, eastern France, studied at the University of Sydney, the institution that, thanks to certain of its academic staff, has become something of a byword for BDS.

Off the menu at his cafe are these products:

Here are the proprietor's latest posts on Facebook:

As you can see from the above, there's nothing, absolutely nothing, to link this doughty adherent of the BDS movement to antisemitism.

Linking BDS to antisemitism is all a Zionist slur, innit.

(Hat tip: Jean Vercors)

Mendacious Maps in Montpellier (video)

In Montpellier, France, that land in which it's increasingly uncomfortable to be a Jew, BDS activists strut their stuff outside a travel agency outlet of the huge retailer Carrefour a few days ago.

As in many if not most demonstrations of this kind, those four maps are essential props.

Is it not time that more publicity is given by Israel and its supporters to exposing the maps' lies?

There are splendid refutations online, but they are under utilised in practice, leaving Israel's enemies to "own" the graphic narrative and infect a gullible public with their nonsense.

The Lynch Mob Goes Gallic: "Nous souhaitons vous communiquer...notre soutien au Pr. Jake Lynch"

My previous post concerns a despicable victory for the loathsome academic boycott of Israel in America, and now, I learn, Sydney's BDS-promoting Professor Jake Lynch has a French fan club.

Here, in translation, is a billet doux in his honour, sent by a bunch of Israel-bashing "intellectuels, enseignants et chercheurs français" to the Australian Ambassador to France:

"We, French teachers, academics, researchers and intellectuals, wish to inform you of our support for Prof. Jake Lynch (of Sydney University), who has been subjected to legal proceedings by Israel, for refusing to collaborate with the Israeli occupier.

The lack of sanctions against Israel at government level to enforce international law and stop the Israeli occupation and colonisation, leads responsible citizens of every country to support the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) campaign, demanded by the Palestinian civil society.

Any self-respecting intellectual has even more moral duties in this domain, inasmuch as she/he has the potential for knowledge and reflection, allowing her/him to act for the defence of Human Rights and against barbarism.

We are pleased that no Australian organisation or institution joined in these slanderous attacks launched by Israel against Prof. Jake Lynch, Director of Sydney University’s Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPACS).

Incidentally, these attacks deny the freedom of expression and opinion to an academic all the more respected because he has been acting as did before him the men and women who made possible the abolition of segregation in the United States, during the African American struggle for black civil rights, and in South Africa during Apartheid.

Reminder : In 2009, Professor Lynch wrote to the Australian university authorities, asking them to stop collaborating with the Technion University of Haifa and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, because of the systematic oppression of the Palestinian people, against which these universities have never protested, despite the fact that the Palestinian academics are the direct victims.

In 2012, Professor Lynch refused the permission to use his name on an application under the Sir Zelman Cowen fellowship program. He refused to sponsor Professor Don Avon of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem which is heavily involved in occupation and colonisation.

For example, this university did not hesitate to extend its campus on Mount Scopus, by stealing Palestinian lands. Furthermore, it supported the students who took part in the massacre of the Gaza population during the 2008-2009 “Cast Lead” operation. It is also involved with the Army Command College and collaborates widely with Israeli arms industries.

It is therefore clear that Prof. Jake Lynch who is perfectly entitled to choose whom he should sponsor, is not guilty of any “discrimination” (one must cease to reverse roles), and that the complaint lodged by the Israeli law firm Shurat HaDin at the Australian Federal Tribunal, is simply an attempt at intimidation. It is to be noted that Prof. Dan Avnon is not a complainant in this case !

Jake Lynch has already received the support of nearly 2,000 intellectuals and academics throughout the world.

As French intellectuals, teachers and researchers, we too were anxious to tell you about our support and our respect for Prof. Jake Lynch."

Read more, and see pictures of a Parisian rally in support of Lynch, here

From an article in the Australian Jewish News earlier this month by academic and B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation chairman Dr Dvir Abramovich:

In Paris, BDSers Invade Supermarket (video)

At the weekend, in the capital of the land where one citizen in twelve is said to be a Muslim, and from which escalating levels of largely Islamic-driven antisemitism is forcing Jews to flee, BDSers were harassing shoppers at a supermarket, urging a boycott of Israeli goods.  Here are two of the dupes involved, one blathering on in ignorant and unjustified fashion about Israeli "apartheid" and "state racism" and "torture of children".

But it seems that the protest was not as big as the organisers hoped, or media attention warranted, to judge from the remarks of the (strangely Irish-accented) interviewee on Iran's satellite propaganda channel Press TV, as shown on this much fuller video here

Les Belles Dames Sans Ahava (video)

I never cease to be amazed at the willingness of women, especially those of a certain age, to make fools of themselves in the anti-Israel cause.

Not that these Gallic demonstrators are as bizarre in behaviour as some of their American counterparts, or as vicious as those whose antics persuaded London's Ahava store to close its doors.

Let's hope that if these French ladies ever need to defend their own homeland and culture they are as zealous as they are in serving the cause of Israel's enemies.