The Great Hypocrisy Behind Sheldon Adelson's Anti-BDS Summit

Ali Gharib

June 2, 2015 | http://forward.com/opinion/309318/the-great-hypocrisy-behind-sheldon-adelsons-anti-bds-summit/
Supporters of Israel often oppose the movement to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel (BDS) on the basis that many of the movement’s adherents support the one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — in other words, they call for a single, democratic state in the land now under Israel’s control, which would mean the end of a distinctly Jewish state in the Middle East.
Take the Anti-Defamation League, for example. In its backgrounder on the BDS movement, ADL offers some “key points to make against BDS campaigns.” Among them: “The global BDS movement, as clearly stated on its website, does not support a two-state solution and the continued existence of Israel as a Jewish state.” (Individuals and groups that support BDS — even those who support one-state themselves — insist that the movement as an organized force takes no position on the one- or two-state solution, pointing to the participation in the BDS movement of many pro-two-state Palestinian groups.)
But if opponents of a two-state solution are the enemy, what is a group like the ADL doing palling around with Sheldon Adelson?http://forward.com/opinion/309318/the-great-hypocrisy-behind-sheldon-adelsons-anti-bds-summit/