Political BDS Right Here in Israel: The Boycott Is Not an Ideology - It's an Admission of Emptiness | Kinneret Barashi
Whoever cannot handle a different opinion without trying to remove its holder from the professional space is not protecting democracy, he is endangering it - and mainly exposing the great bluff in the cynical use…
Assessment
The columnist argues that political boycotts within Israel are not ideological stands but admissions of intellectual emptiness. When people cannot tolerate opposing views without trying to remove opponents from professional spaces, they endanger democracy rather than protect it. The real issue is the cynical exploitation of democratic language to mask what is essentially a refusal to engage with disagreement.