Author Archives: David Schwartzman and Mai Abdul Rahman

The BDS movement, like boycott movements past, is rooted in moral conviction

After the Nazis came to power on January 30, 1933, as a response to German discriminatory policies and human rights abuses of German Jews, an international boycott campaign was carried out in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East, initiated by … Continue reading

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BDS promises a just peace, unlike current US strategy

The US initiated and brokered Palestinian-Israeli negotiations have failed to resolve this festering conflict with grave human rights implications for more than forty years. It has become crystal clear that US led peace negotiations will likely fail for the foreseeable … Continue reading

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