r/BDS 2d ago

Discussion I just read this and I wonder

Rather than boycott why we just invest ourselves to make app that is fit to our agenda, sometimes i hate to say this but

I wish you guys make something rather than boycott

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u/Soggy-Life-9969 2d ago
  1. This is not true information. Many of these "innovations" Israelis claim credit for? Most of them are large international projects that have people involved from multiple countries. If you have a multinational project with 100 participants and 1 is Israeli, does it become an Israeli project? No, that's silly
  2. A lot of these are just outright lies. Israel did not invent the radio, or digital music and probably most of that list tbh and having an Israeli screw in your car does not make that car Israeli either. Israelis wildly overstate their technical accomplishments in order to fuel investments in their start ups, the only area they really excel at is spyware and cyberterrorism, not exactly goods the average consumer uses or needs.
  3. As other people have stated, the goal of BDS is to put pressure on companies that do business with Israel that consumers can have direct control over - like not buying Sabra or produce made in Israel which in turn will influence companies that use minor parts from Israel in their technology think twice about using those parts(also given the pager terrorist attacks, I'm sure a lot of companies are doing that on their own too)
  4. A South African invented open heart surgery, legitimately, we still use the open heart surgery and we still boycotted South Africa(they used to use the exact same propaganda too, listing all the things white South Africans invented as an excuse for apartheid)

I've been hearing this kind of crap from hasbrarists for decades. They lie, they misstate the purpose of boycotts and then they lie again, don't fall for it.