BDS Movement Cancels Water Confab due to ’Israeli’ Participation

Local Editor

The BDS [Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions] Movement in South Africa took credit this week for the cancellation of an upcoming water conference because of the participation of the "Israeli" envoy to South Africa, Arthur Lenk.

According to a press release put issued by BDS South Africa, the conference was to be hosted by the South African weekly Mail & Guardian.

The BDS Movement's statement said it welcomed "the pledge by some of the sponsors and organizers that if ever a similar event is organized in the future that it will not include the "Israeli" ambassador to South Africa."
The statement further stated that "Israel" "has been attempting to break its growing isolation by promoting its water technology."

Relatively, the statement quoted a letter sent by a S. African professor, Lorenzo Fioramonti, explaining that he was canceling his participation in the conference because "there is enough evidence to show how "Israel's" policies have taken water away from Palestinian communities."

For his part, former MK Dov Lipman, who is currently director of public diplomacy in the vice chairman's office at the World Zionist Organization, said that if the BDS claim of responsibility for the conference's cancellations is correct, it shows that "Israel can do no right" in South Africa.

However, Lipman added that this incident demonstrates that the "Israeli" advocacy approach of saying that "Israeli" technology will protect the country from BDS moves does not work.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team