Finkel stein, who caused quite a stir in anti-Israel cir cles last year when he claimed that the BDS (Boy cott, Divest ment and Sanc tions) move­ment has char ac ter is tics of a “cult” and seeks to destroy Israel, began the dis cus sion by argu ing that Israel is a state rec og nized under inter na tional law with respon si bil i­ties, oblig a tions AND rights. He chal lenged the latent hypocrisy within the anti-Israel move ment (and his co-panelists), which con stantly points to inter na tional law to jus tify its agenda while ignor­ing the fact that inter na tional law estab lished Israel as a Jew ish state. “How does one pro pose to win sup port for the Pales tin ian cause based on inter na tional law yet not sup port two states? That just doesn’t make any sense to me,” he said. http://blog.adl.org/international/norman-finkelstein-throws-wrench-in-anti-israel-movements-claim-to-a-rights-based-agenda