Efforts by anti-Israel activists to boycott the Jewish state pose a "strategic threat" to the nation, according to former CIA head David Petraeus.
The former intelligence chief warned about international efforts to promote the anti-Israel Boycott, Sanctions, and Divestment (BDS) movement and said they are just as dangerous as the threat posed by terrorists.
"You see growing worries about the possibility of a so-called ‘international intifada,’ the boycott, divestment and sanction moves," Petraeus was quoted as saying by the Times of Israel during a recent discussion in New York City. "That may be coming back to a strategic issue that has to be resolved at some point."
Petraeus also warned that a nuclear deal with Iran that will provide the Islamic Republic with billions in sanctions relief could open to door to an uptick international terrorism.
"The lifting of sanctions will mean that Iran will have vastly more resources. It will be reconnected with the global economy," he was quoted as saying. "It’s going to have a lot more resources to pursue mischief around the world and that concerns me."