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A BDS demonstration, with anti-BDS protesters nearer the camera, outside the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, April 2017. Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) is a nonviolent [2] [6] Palestinian-led [7] movement promoting boycotts, divestments, and economic sanctions against Israel.
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 1994, following the Oslo Peace Accords, the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) states, ended their participation in the Arab boycott against Israel, [9] and stated that total elimination of the boycott is a necessary step for peace and economic development in the region. [12] In present days, the Arab boycott is rarely ...
The demand has its roots in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, a decades-old campaign against Israel's policies toward the Palestinians. The movement has taken on new strength as the ...
The focus on ensuring Israel cannot be targeted is aimed at combatting the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement, which opponents have claimed is divisive and antisemitic.
The rabbis said Portland’s decision to align with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign takes a side against Israel in a "horrific and bloody international conflict" and "only fuels the ...
Given Canada and Israel share a long history of friendship as well as economic and diplomatic relations, the House rejected the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which promotes the demonization and delegitimization of the State of Israel, and called upon the government to condemn any and all attempts by Canadian organizations ...
The DGSC’s five-page resolution also calls on the City University of New York to back boycott, divestment and other sanctions against Israel. ... “Boycott!: Ban all academic trips to Israel ...