Forum Post: The odd convergence of Michael Bloomberg and Noam Chomsky- both attack Palestinian led BDS campaign, both defend Israel

Here's what Michael Bloomberg says about the Boycott, Divestment and Sanction campaign led by Palestinian civil society:

http://www.nytexaminer.com/2012/03/bloomberg-warns-bds-will-lead-to-massacres-as-park-slope-co-op-holds-initial-vote-on-boycott-tonight/

“I think it has nothing to do with the food,” Mayor Bloomberg said of the boycott. “The issue is there are people who want Israel to be torn apart and everybody to be massacred, and America is not going to let that happen.”

Excuse me? Supporters of nonviolent boycott want Israelis to be massacred?

Not to be outdone, Manhattan borough president Scott M. Stringer called the boycott “an anti-Semitic crusade.” And again, no chance for a response from any co-op members who support the boycott.

And here's Noam Chomsky on BDS:

http://occupywallst.org/forum/noam-chomsky-blasts-tutu-the-presbyterians-and-elv/ In 2010, Noam Chomsky, the 2011 Sydney Peace Prize recipient and a prominent pro-Palestinian activist was interviewed regarding the BDS movement and stated that its "hypocrisy rises to the high heavens". He said that its goal was "the destruction of Israel". He said that it's "not a call from the Palestinian people". He said that anything that targets Israel alone can be attacked as antisemitism and "unfortunately this is with justice". He stated that BDS campaign harms the "whole movement". It harms the Palestinians and it is a gift to the Israeli hardliners and their American supporters, because the BDS's "hypocrisy is so transparent... why not boycott the United States?.. Israeli crimes [are] a fragment of US crimes, which are much worse". He also argued that the Palestinian people don't support boycotting Israel and that the BDS movement is run by people who falsely claim to represent the Palestinian people. [59][60]