Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank asked that simple question last week after the normally publicity-mad Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) told him it had nothing to say about a BDS chapter's promotion of a "mapping project" condemned as antisemitic and a possible incitement to violence.

BDS representatives didn't respond to his requests for comment. CAIR told him it "is not an issue we're dealing with at this time," begging the question.

If you even casually follow CAIR, you know why not. CAIR leaders share the BDS opposition to Israel's existence, often in terms that are very consistent.