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Why BDS Fails My 3D Test on anti-Semitism
by Natan Sharansky
September 25, 2019

The global resurgence of anti-Semitism that we are experiencing today began almost 20 year ago, mainly in Europe. At the time, I was serving as Israel’s Minister for Diaspora Affairs and was grappling with the question of how to distinguish between legitimate criticism of Israel and anti-Semitism. That is when I came up with what I call “the 3D test for anti-Semitism”—the three Ds are demonization, delegitimization and double standards…My 3D test shows that if we see these same tools of delegitimization, demonization and double standards that were used against Jews in the past being used against the collective Jew, the Jewish State, today—we know we are witnessing a new face of the old anti-Semitism.READ MORE

Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs releases report, “Behind the Mask: The Antisemitic Nature of BDS Exposed”that provides great detail on the links between BDS and anti-Semitism