Debunking Boycott Divestment Sanctions Campaign (BDS)

Boycott Divestment Sanctions

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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