BDS, human rights and the Jews
NOVANEWS
By Lawrence Davidson
BDS at twelve
As of July 2017, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israeli racism and apartheid is 12 years old. This means that over the last dozen years a worldwide grassroots movement has grown up – a movement of civil society – that has organised active opposition to Zionist racism and Israeli oppression. While the vast majority of governments have either ignored or assisted Israel’s violations of international law and the basic principles of human rights, millions of “civilians” have refused to follow their leaders on this issue.
The BDS movement is now far ranging. It presses for divestment from companies that support or do business with Israel, particularly those that operate in the occupied territories. It urges the boycott ...