Omar Barghouti: On the Record

Omar Barghouti co-founded the BDS movement and openly opposes the existence of a Jewish state.

On the record

• 2005–present — Co-founded the 2005 BDS movement. [Jewish Journal]
• 2022 — Stated, in a letter to the Harvard Crimson: “Just as we would oppose a Muslim state, or a Christian state, or any kind of exclusionary state, definitely, most definitely, we oppose a Jewish state in any part of Palestine.” [Harvard Crimson]

The context

Barghouti frames the position as opposition to any exclusionary religious or ethnic state, not to Jewish people specifically. We quote him in full.

Where Galil stands

Our opinion: The architect of the global boycott campaign says plainly that he opposes a Jewish state anywhere in the land. We take him at his word, and we don’t stand with him.

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