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Boycott Divestment Sanctions

The endless debate over BDS  continues here are some great resources

Boycott Divestment Sanctions

Engage Says No to Boycotting Israel

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The Guardian: Boycotting Israel is Doomed to Fail
Slate - Against the Boycott
Greens Against The Boycott
Jews who support BDS
Stand With US - Stop BDS
Camera Analysis of BDS Propaganda
American Peace Now against BDS
  • Colin Schindler shows how a boycott hinders his ability to do his job to teach the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Read it here. 
  • Eric Lee argues a boycott is no way to help the Palestinians here. 
  • Robert Fine on anti-semitism, boycotts and freedom of speech here.
  • Anthony Julius and Simon Schama's argument against John Berger's boycott call. Here.
  • Paul Frosh's contrast between boycott and joint work. Here.
  • A detailed critique of PACBI's (Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel) call for "BDS" – "Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions". Here. (September 06, David Hirsh)
  • David Hirsh's arguments for voting against the Natfhe motion. Here.
  • Letter in the Guardian opposing the Natfhe motion signed by 600 anti-occupation academics. Here. 
  • David Hirsh's response to the passing of the Natfhe motion: Don't get mad, get even.Here.
  • Jon Pike's response to the passing of the Natfhe motion: such motions are only passed by undemocratic means. Jon traces the ways in which a small unrepresentative minority can pass policy without consulting the membership of the union. Here. 
  • Jon Pike's discussion of boycotts. The distinction between 'boycott as solidarity and boycott as punishment'. Critique of Jaqueline Rose's case for boycott. Here|. 
  • The myth of the institutional boycott. The boycott campaign pretends that it is boycotting institutions when really it proposes a boycott of individuals. Read Jon Pike's analysis. Here. 
  • Steve Cohen's response to the McCarthyite political test that Natfhe voted to apply to Israeli academics. Here. 
  • The story of the overturn of the boycott in the AUT in 2005 in Dissent. Here. (David Hirsh, 
  • Hirsh's speech and reports from his debate with Ilan Pappe, pro-boycott professor at Haifa University, on the issue of the boycott. At Birmingham AUT. Here. Gargi Battacharyya's account is here. 
  • David Hirsh responds to a supporter of the boycott. Here
  • Colin Shindler's argument against the Natfhe motion. Here. 
  • Boycotters' misrepresentations printed on the Guardian letters page. Here. 
  • Footballer John Barnes breaks the "sporting boycott" to help kick-start a campaign against racism in Israeli football in Tel Aviv. Here 
  • Don't boycott World Pride, Jerusalem. Here. (Alexandra Simonon, June 06)
  • Josh Appignanes film maker, argues against the cultural boycott. Here.
  • Short argument by David Hirsh. Here

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