The boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement markets itself—particularly on college campuses—as a non-violent effort supporting Palestinian rights. A closer look reveals its true goal: to delegitimize and ultimately destroy Israel.
Antisemitism is hard to discern in the present xenophobic and anti-immigrant public mood, but Italian Jewry, basing its judgment on bitter past experience, remains wary of the voters’ dramatic switch.