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Israeli Policies Toward International Boycott Movement (BDS) 2009-2019

Russian Law Journal

This study sought to understand the nature of the "Israeli" policies toward the international boycott movement (BDS), - Recognising the laws that Israel has taken to undermine and weaken the international boycott movement (BDS). The researchers relied on the descriptive analytical approach in interpreting the Israeli policies in confronting the international boycott movement (BDS); it also relied on the decision-making approach to understand and explain the nature of Israeli Policies Toward the International Boycott Movement (BDS). The researchers arrived at several results; the most important of which is, The Occupation tried to prosecute and distort the movement. Still, it continues to maintain its presence, impact, and expansion. The study recommends maintaining the international boycott movement (BDS) away from political polarisation and formulating a media discourse that refutes the "Israeli" accusations while paying attention to social media sites and openi...

‘BDS – it’s complicated’: Israeli, Jewish, and others’ views on the boycott of Israel

The International Journal of Human Rights, 2017

This study explored attitudes of 501 Israelis-Jews and non-Jewsand Jews and others from western countries concerning Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) and the Palestinian Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), which aim to change Israeli policy towards the Palestinians. We studied the relationships between views on BDS/PACBI, understandings of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and anti-Semitism, in the different groups. Our internet questionnaire led to snowball sampling, resulting in a highly-educated sample. Israeli-Jews were more inclined to participate than others. Few Palestinians from the Occupied Territories responded; hence we could not compare this group to the others. Overall, more respondents opposed the boycott than those who favoured it. Jewish-Israelis showed the lowest agreement with BDS while non-Jews from western countries exhibited the highest. Jewish-Israeli responses were similar to responses from western Jews and non-Jewish Israelis tended to respond like western non-Jews. Jewish respondents saw BDS as less non-violent than the other groups, while non-Jews disagreed more with the statement that BDS is anti-Semitic than the Jewish respondents. In conclusion, since views towards the boycott were found to be nuanced, researchers and activists need to be aware of these complexities when engaging in human rights work in the Israeli-Palestinian context.

In the Shadow of Delegitimization: Israel’s Sensitivity to Economic Sanctions

2017

Executive Summary I 9 harm Israel's interests. Even without the implementation of extreme punitive measures at their own economic and political costs-e.g., the alteration of trade agreements or the official adoption of broad sanctions against Israel-these governments can express their disapproval of Israel's policies toward the Palestinians in many ways. For example, the desire to avoid public criticism may lead certain governments to discriminate against Israeli companies in government tenders; likewise, sanctions against merchandise manufactured in settlements may lend greater prestige to the unofficial campaign against Israel and even affect the export of merchandise manufactured within the Green Line. The analysis also indicates that any official punitive measureseven those with negligible direct economic impact-will be considered a success for the BDS movement and will increase its momentum. Chapter 3 develops an econometric model that provides, for the first time, empirical evidence for the claim that Israel's economic ties with EU countries are, in fact, sensitive to deterioration in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; for example, increased numbers of Palestinians harmed in the conflict result in reduced Israeli exports to EU countries but not to other trading partners. By neutralizing the effects of important economic variables, the model allows for the assumption that unique political processes occurring in EU countries do, in fact, make it somewhat more difficult for Israeli companies to operate in the EU when the conflict flares up. The findings show that the conflict's negative political consequences for Israeli trade with Europe have not, thus far, been significant in macroeconomic terms. However, further expansion of the delegitimization campaign against Israel is liable to strengthen the link between trade and the conflict. It seems that the most important variable determining the extent of damage caused by the unofficial campaign being waged against Israel by groups such as the BDS movement is the level of antagonism among the general public and within EU governments toward Israel's actions against the Palestinians.

Arabs in Israel. Israel, an Apartheid state - Is it so ?!? [electronic record]

2013

This work was initiated by a campaign called "Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions" (BDS), which has aimed on the international isolation of Israel for the past ten years. The campaign, under the cover of criticism about Israel for the reported implementation of Apartheid against the Palestinians, calls all international entities, individuals and institutions to boycott Israel politically, culturally, sports, academically and economically. In the introductory part especially is given the list of numerous cases about a boycott of Israel by individuals, groups and institutions for their participation in Israel, but also at international gatherings in the world where individuals, groups or institutions from Israel participate. However, there are also cases of those public figures or groups who refused to participate in the boycott of Israel. The history of the political, social, public and every other position and status of the Arab-Palestinians in Israel since 1948 is especiall...