\r\n\tIn advance of his June visit to Occupied Territories, Irish Foreign Minister Charles Flanagan has confirmed the legitimacy of the anti- Israeli Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\t“While the [Irish] government does not itself support such a policy, it is a legitimate political viewpoint, albeit one regarded in Israel as deeply hostile,” he told the Irish parliament last Thursday during a question and answer session.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\t“I do not agree with attempts to demonize those who advocate this policy, or to equate them with violent terrorists,” he said.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\tHolland and Sweden have similarly confirmed that the BDS movement, which seeks to push Israel to withdraw to the pre-1967 lines and allow refugees to return, is protected under the laws of free speech.<\/p>","content_source":null,"content_url":null,"content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2016-05-31 13:40:46","content_date_finish":"2016-05-31 13:40:46","content_date_register":"2016-05-31 13:40:46","content_date_last_edit":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"1","content_show_related_img":"1","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"0","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"1","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","old_id":"127087","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"3731080404","attach_date_register":"2016-05-31 13:40:58","attach_id":"134358","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"390","attach_img_height":"285","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"0","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"194","visit_date_last":"2025-05-12 16:52:47","attach_title":"Irish FM confirm anti-Israeli BDS movement","node_title":"news","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":122, \"left\":2, \"right\":53}]"}]]