Guest column by Liza Bernstein | Dialogue won't stop BDS
(03/19/15 12:59am)
If the long-rumored Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel comes to Penn this semester, you will only be asked one question: Which side are you on? BDS reduces the conversation on Israel and Palestine to a stark dichotomy: Are you “pro-Israel” or “pro-Palestine?” As the chair of J Street U Penn, I believe that being pro-peace requires approaching the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with far more nuance.