Anti-BDS Palestinian Human Rights Activist shouted down at U. Chicago

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Legal Insurrection:

Bassem Eid is unpopular with anti-Israel boycott movement because he views BDS as harmful to Palestinians

William A. Jacobson

Sunday, February 21, 2016

 

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Bassem Eid is a well-known Palestinian Human Rights activist who has been critical of human rights abuses and corruption in the Palestinian Authority and Hamas-run Gaza.

 

Eid is an advocate of peaceful co-existence, and has made enemies in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement because Eid believes BDS is harmful to Palestinians. He also criticizes the organizations that promote BDS as looking out for their own financial interests.

 

Here is a short interview which summarizes his views.

 

 

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Here is the video, marked to start where the disruptions caused a quick end to the question and answer session. Three were some disruptions prior to this, but this was the most serious.

 

11:18

 

The audio is hard to hear, but it appears the person screaming threatened that future appearances by Eid would be disrupted: “We’re going to be there, get ready for it.”

 

This is not how Eid is greeted everywhere. He appeared at DePaul University in Chicago on the same trip, and other than a walk-out by some students, the appearance was not disrupted.