History of the dispute between Israel and the Palestinians. A history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs ; The movement to boycott Israel has a long history / Mitchell Bard ; The Massacre at Deir Yassin has come to symbolize the Palestinian plight / Catrina Stewart ; There was no massacre at Deir Yassin / Shimon Cohen ; The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is a land dispute / Cecil Maranville -- Is the BDS movement justified and effective? The BDS movement is justified and cannot be stopped / Miko Peled ; Israel's economic strength hinders the effectiveness of BDS / Shir Hever ; The implications of academic BDS are complicated / Ingrid Matthews and James Arvanitakis ; Like it or not, artists who perform in Israel are aligning themselves with an oppressive regime / Ran Greenstein ; The BDS movement is worse than ineffective / Philip Mendes ; The BDS movement is effective and right / Donna Nevel and Dorothy M. Zellner -- How have countries worldwide responded to BDS? In Canada the government must hold Israel responsible for human rights violations / Julie L?evesque ; In France actions against the BDS boycott are justified / Freddy Eytan ; In Germany big cities resist the BDS movement / Christoph Strack ; In Israel BDS supporters are blacklisted / Samuel Osborne ; In the United States an anti-BDS measure is a bad idea but it is not unconstitutional / David Schraub ; The BDS movement is facing economic warfare / Benjamin Weinthal -- Is BDS Anti-Semitic? Classifying BDS as Anti-Semitic is a tactic of distraction / Yoav Galai ; BDS is but one example of a burgeoning wave of Anti-Semitism / Steven Horwitz ; Not every criticism of Israel is Anti-Semitic / Iain Banks ; Ignoring Islamic Anti-Semitism is dangerous / Haviv Rettig Gur ; BDS is a principled response to Israel's actions / Donna Nevel -- For further discussion -- Organizations to contact.
Summary:
Since its inception in 2005, the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement has seen numerous boycotts against Israel in an effort to encourage withdrawal from what supporters of the movement consider to be occupied territories, along with recognition of the rights of Arab-Palestinian citizens and refugees. Supporters claim that Israel is an apartheid state, but this assertion is hotly contested. Many critics of BDS claim that the movement is anti-Semitic and promotes the delegitimization of Israel. This volume explores the varying perspectives on the movement, enabling readers to form their own opinions about its place in global politics.
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