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Jun 13, 2016
SodaStream CEO at the UN: "Let’s get to know the Palestinians" (video)
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More than 1,500 students, dignitaries, public officials and representatives of Jewish organizations took part in a conference at the United Nations Headquarters in New York focusing on combating diplomatic attacks against the State of Israel and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The closing session of the conference was organized by the World Jewish Conference and moderated by its CEO, Robert Singer, with a focus on delegitimization in the public sphere. In a message to young people, Singer said: “This is your struggle to face. This is your battle to fight. Nobody will do this for you. The World Jewish Congress, and the other critical organizations here with us today, will support you at every step. But you, the next generation of leaders, must step up to the challenge.”
Singer opened the session with a one-on-one conversation with Daniel Birnbaum, CEO of the Israeli SodaStream company which found itself at the heart of the BDS controversy a few years ago. “There are two things you can do. You can either go to your campuses and fight back – and I am urging you to do that – there are a tremendous amount of facts to support us. We are not an apartheid state,” Birnbaum said. “And there is another thing we can do, and that’s what we did at SodaStream. And we did that by mistake. We discovered what peace looks like by mistake. While we fight with all the ammunition we have, with the facts, let’s also build bridges. Let’s get to know the Palestinians. There are good Palestinians, they are not all terrorists, believe me. We all love Israel, but I think we can all do more to embrace coexistence and peace.”
More than 1,500 students, dignitaries, public officials and representatives of Jewish organizations took part in a conference at the United Nations Headquarters in New York focusing on combating diplomatic attacks against the State of Israel and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The closing session of the conference was organized by the World Jewish Conference and moderated by its CEO, Robert Singer, with a focus on delegitimization in the public sphere. In a message to young people, Singer said: “This is your struggle to face. This is your battle to fight. Nobody will do this for you. The World Jewish Congress, and the other critical organizations here with us today, will support you at every step. But you, the next generation of leaders, must step up to the challenge.”
Singer opened the session with a one-on-one conversation with Daniel Birnbaum, CEO of the Israeli SodaStream company which found itself at the heart of the BDS controversy a few years ago. “There are two things you can do. You can either go to your campuses and fight back – and I am urging you to do that – there are a tremendous amount of facts to support us. We are not an apartheid state,” Birnbaum said. “And there is another thing we can do, and that’s what we did at SodaStream. And we did that by mistake. We discovered what peace looks like by mistake. While we fight with all the ammunition we have, with the facts, let’s also build bridges. Let’s get to know the Palestinians. There are good Palestinians, they are not all terrorists, believe me. We all love Israel, but I think we can all do more to embrace coexistence and peace.”
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I agree that a lot of work needs to be done on campuses, but holding a pro-Israel event at the UN is like holding a pro-Jewish/Gypsy/Gay event in front of Hitler's home. They're all already against you, and they're not interested in hearing facts.
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