With the BBC having managed to report yet another BDS story last week without informing audiences what the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign is actually all about, readers may find a backgrounder recently published by the JCPA of interest.
“Understanding the maximalist goals of BDS presents a challenge to policymakers, shapers of public opinion, and Middle East observers alike. The movement has exercised tactical sophistication in “dressing up” its radical linkages and extremist ends in a language of peace, justice, and human rights that appeals to Western audiences.
This monograph seeks to uncover how BDS is used by Palestinian groups and other radical organizations that have misappropriated the language and cause of human rights in their ongoing attempts to vilify, criminalize, and delegitimize the State of Israel. This study also brings to light the BDS movement’s ultimate goal: far from promoting a negotiated solution to the decades-old Palestinian-Israeli conflict based on the rights and requirements of both parties, the global BDS crusade seeks the dismantling of Israel and its replacement with another Arab-majority state.”
“Unmasking BDS: Radical Roots, Extremist Ends” by Dan Diker can be found here and the pdf version is here.
