CZECH REPUBLIC (JNS) The lower chamber of the Czech Republic’s parliament passed a non-binding resolution on Tuesday condemning the anti-Israel BDS movement.
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The final tally was 120-20.
The Chamber of Deputies resolution denounces “all manifestations of anti-Semitism directed against individuals, religious institutions and organizations, as well as the State of Israel, including the denial of the Holocaust.”
It also rebukes “any questioning of the State of Israel’s right of existence and defense” and “condemns all activities and statements by groups calling for a boycott of the State of Israel, its goods, services or citizens.”
Additionally, the resolution calls on the Czech government not to fund any pro-BDS and anti-Semitic groups, in addition to calling on the parliament to provide increased protection for people and institutions that could be targeted for anti-Semitic attacks.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz and the ADL applauded the resolution’s passage.
“I welcome the adoption of an important resolution, by the Czech Chamber of Deputies, condemning all forms of Antisemitism. I wish to thank our Czech friends for this step, which reflects the true friendship between our countries. I call on more Parliaments to follow suit,” tweeted Katz.
I welcome the adoption of an important resolution, by the Czech Chamber of Deputies, condemning all forms of Antisemitism.
I wish to thank our Czech friends for this step, which reflects the true friendship between our countries.
I call on more Parliaments to follow suit
— ישראל כ”ץ Israel Katz (@Israel_katz) October 22, 2019
“Exemplary resolution by the Czech parliament to condemn #antiSemitism and BDS and to urge the government not to fund organizations that promote boycotts of Israel. With anti-Semitism on the rise, all European parliaments should follow this important move,” tweeted the ADL.
Exemplary resolution by the Czech parliament to condemn #antiSemitism and BDS and to urge the government not to fund organizations that promote boycotts of Israel. With anti-Semitism on the rise, all European parliaments should follow this important move.https://t.co/JDMwc7iFJN
— ADL (@ADL) October 23, 2019
The Czechs are the finest and they were the elite in Buchenwald and no other nation has a lidice
Just by the way, can anyone think of an important victory for BDS? Has some big bank, some huge fund or a large company signed on? Seems to me they have not accomplished a thing.