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Comprehensive is here defined as a boycott that is not tied to a particular industry (e.g weapons embargo) or exclusive to goods from the Israeli settlements. The list does not include organizations that support BDS' right to call for a boycott of Israel but does not themselves support the boycott.
In January 2016, 168 Italian academics and researchers published a call to boycott Israeli academic institutions. Israel's Institute of Technology, Technion, was singled out as a boycott target. "The Institute carries out research in a wide range of technologies and weapons used to oppress and attack Palestinians", said the call. [75]
The specific objective of Israel boycotts varies; the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement calls for boycotts of Israel "until it meets its obligations under international law", and the purpose of the Arab League's boycott of Israel was to prevent Arab states and others to contribute to Israel's economy.
The boycott also covers “events or publications that cooperate with or promote Israeli academic institutions.” The edict — passed 31-8 with five abstentions — takes effect Nov. 1.
The list of supporters of the BDS movement include those who have either voiced support for the BDS movement or for comprehensive boycotts against Israel. The list does not include people who support boycotting products from Israeli settlements but not from Israel. The year column denotes the year they most recently professed support for such a ...
Pages in category "Israeli inventions" The following 78 pages are in this category, out of 78 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
After the Oslo Accords had failed to bring peace between Israel and Palestine, believing Western leaders were no longer committed in holding Israel accountable for the allegations against human rights, Palestinian human right activists conceived a new peaceful movement to boycott Israel, for example, through refusal to buy any goods from Israel, in particular those made in the Israeli-occupied ...
In August, Palestinian organizations in the occupied territories issued a call for a comprehensive boycott of Israel. [28] The majority of the statements recalled the declarations made at the NGO Forum the year before. [29] In October 2003, a group of Palestinian intellectuals called for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions. [28]