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BDS for Justice is the only way for lasting peace and the liberation of Palestine from a brutal Apartheid regime. Omar Barghouti is the co-founder of the movement, and describes global tactics and impact of BDS. Great book, really interesting. One person found this helpful 2 people found this helpful. Very well-written, well-documented, making the case for BDS very strong. Brother-in-law was delighted with it.
It is always difficult to confront a situation and at times feel helpless.
This book will start anyone on the path to doing the right thing. This book reads like a collection of editorials instead of a fluid operational text of how to start a BDS movement. He says all the "right" things for his readers, South Africa this, peace that, but misses many fundamentals.
He ignores the American involvement in the debate completely. If you are interested for a critique of the BDS movement, here it is [..
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Amazon Restaurants Food delivery from local restaurants. Nov 03, Foxglove rated it did not like it. Arguing for the other side, I'm curious how people who want a one state solution can support BDS, which calls for a one state solution If you want everyone to live together, won't it cause a lot of resentment if much of the population has been reduced to poverty?
Making it impossible for people to live together in peace, and have good jobs? And making it impossible for business partnerships, academic collaboration and joint projects to happen, further dividing societies? Destroying all the goo Arguing for the other side, I'm curious how people who want a one state solution can support BDS, which calls for a one state solution If you want everyone to live together, won't it cause a lot of resentment if much of the population has been reduced to poverty?
Destroying all the good jobs that Palestinians would want to take, in the high tech sector? In fact, if you were actually in favor of a one state solution, wouldn't you want Israelis and Palestinians working together, studying together, working on joint projects together so they give up nationalist ideas? One cannot have it both ways, to want peace in the region, want to have a one state and start by reducing the economic engine of the state to penury.
Jan 29, Jennifer Jacobs rated it did not like it Shelves: I would star it in minus if that was possible.. Israel is here to stay and that's the fact.. There's no moral equivalent of Israel in this conflict.. Such propaganda aginst Israel only makes me buy more from Israel or View all 5 comments. Feb 02, Kathleen rated it really liked it Recommends it for: Readers already acquainted with BDS. I think people who already have a basic understanding of the history of Israel and the occupied territories will benefit most from reading this book.
I was in favor of BDS before I picked up this book. I already knew some of the injustices committed by Israel, but from this book I learned specifically how Israel has violated and continues to violate international law. Barghouti really tackles the issue of apartheid thoroughly. One of the most important take aways for me was how so-called "peace I think people who already have a basic understanding of the history of Israel and the occupied territories will benefit most from reading this book.
One of the most important take aways for me was how so-called "peace projects" that seek to establish dialogue between Israeli Jews and Palestinians with no reflection on the occupation can be really damaging through their normalization of the occupation, and through the implicit suggestion that "the conflict" consists of two "sides" who are on equal footing and have equal blame. I was hoping this book might also be a good resource to recommend to people who otherwise are only acquainted with the topic through news reports of recent bombings.
With that kind of reader in mind I think Barghouti could have laid out the circumstances of the Palestinians living more comprehensively. He does lay out several examples of injustices in the first chapter, and throughout the book there are many examples, but in my opinion some of the most damning and concrete examples were not mentioned until near the end of the book The existence of Jewish nationality, accessible only to ethnic Jews, with no comparable status for non-Jews, and the disproportionate distribution of land that goes along with that. I wish he would have described the institutionalized racism and exclusionary practices of the occupation exhaustively, and in the first chapter.
Then again, each chapter is written to stand alone, so I may just recommend particular chapters. Oct 24, Jennifer Abdo rated it it was amazing Shelves: Explains the conflict as well as the BDS movement. I would say all the questions one could have about the movement are answered and a compelling case is made for BDS. Apartheid and genocide as well as the asymmetry issue are discussed as well as objections to the terms and why they actually do apply.
I frequently see people calling on both sides and calling for both sides to make concessions and negotiate.
I myself have always felt something was wrong with that, but haven't always been able to ex Explains the conflict as well as the BDS movement. I myself have always felt something was wrong with that, but haven't always been able to explain clearly why. This book certain chapters does exactly that. Another issue that was helpful for me was the discussion on "dialogue. Chapter 3 explains a lot about the conflict and 3 main groups Israel is committing crimes against - refugees, Israeli citizens, occupied Palestinians.
It contains specific examples, which could be eye opening for some. It also discussed apartheid and injustices of Israeli Palestinians Jewish nationality excludes some citizens, etc. Definitely a book to add to your "Understanding the Middle East Conflict" shelf, list, etc. Jan 16, Keanu rated it it was amazing. Clear explanation of the need for the conscientious international community to heed the Palestinian Call of BDS. I believe, and the book points out, that the BDS movement and international solidarity with Palestinian people in general has the potential to re-energize the international left in their goal of liberation for all.
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Jul 19, Moataz rated it liked it. The book is fairly good. It steers away of antisemitism, which is something most Arabs fall into. However, it recognizes Israel as the state that has "a right" to existence and ultimately occupy, but has no right to discriminate against the indigenous people of Palestine. Honestly, I think that was just a silly concept to appeal to white people.
When the British or the French were occupying Egypt, I don't think I can imagine Saad Zaghloul saying that those white people has a right to colonize us The book is fairly good. When the British or the French were occupying Egypt, I don't think I can imagine Saad Zaghloul saying that those white people has a right to colonize us but has no write to kill us!!!
But this isn't the only contradiction in the book, the book suggests a one state solution, or to be honest, stating that it doesn't matter if it's one state or two states just as long as the killing stops, however, he favors the one state solution, and I'm not sure I understand how he favors a one state solution while initiating a BDS movement.
I think the book also doesn't go into the concept of colonization at all, as just said, he recognizes Israel's right to exist, he only accounts the Israeli violationS to the international law and the International Court of Justice ICJ, which is almost staggering and upsetting. The book is wonderful, and probably will upset any white person with white-supremacy disguised into pseudo-intellectualism. Because the books is about calling for justice and a right to exist.
It speaks to the head just as much as to the heart. For rejecting this and calling antisemitic simply means you're white supremacist and racist. The best thing I liked about the book is when he spoke of the many violations in the occupied territory of Palestine and not Gaza; I didn't know this before. Israel always used Hamas for the killings of hundreds of children but since they're brown children, who really gives a fuck!
It's not according to the author's research, it's - again - according to the Amnesty reports, The World Physicians Organization and many western and American organizations and researchers. So I finally learned It's not about Hamas. Jun 07, Ann rated it liked it Shelves: While the topic is very interesting I found the book itself a bit repetitive.
Arguing the same thing with the same points over and over again.
It might have been nice to provide more historic contest for readers less familiar with the problem. May 30, Alex rated it liked it. I think many of the essays could have been combined into a compelling pamphlet that also included the interviews as standalones. A logical, concise breakdown of a peaceful and non-racist activist movement. Jul 26, Malcolm rated it really liked it Shelves: The BDS campaign, launched by Palestinian civil society organisations in is a non-violent, rights-based campaign that seeks to build global pressure on Israel and is designed to deal with the problems faced by all three sectors of Palestinian society — the refugees expelled by the Zionist forces in , those living under Israeli military occupation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and those who live as second class citizens of Israel.
Omar Barghouti has been a consistent proponent of t The BDS campaign, launched by Palestinian civil society organisations in is a non-violent, rights-based campaign that seeks to build global pressure on Israel and is designed to deal with the problems faced by all three sectors of Palestinian society — the refugees expelled by the Zionist forces in , those living under Israeli military occupation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and those who live as second class citizens of Israel.
Omar Barghouti has been a consistent proponent of the BDS campaign, and has here collected a number of previous pieces as well as four new essays that together outline the basis and rationale for the campaign, assess its state and grapples with some of the major issues.
The principal strengths are two-fold; first, he outlines the rationale for the campaign, its underpinning presumptions and rebuttals to the key objections; second, these are fairly bite sized pieces — leaving aside the 35 page introduction, there is nothing here more than about 20 pages.
This is, therefore, a good way into the issue. The two major new pieces are the first two substantive essays addressing the key issues of why now and why BDS as an approach; these are timely, clear, accessible and lucid outlining the rationale on both fronts. There is also a useful set of papers exploring issues round the academic boycott and the cultural boycott as well as a group exploring tactics and strategies.
The book has several additional positive factors; Barghouti writes well and accessibly and is therefore able to take sceptical but I suspect not hostile readers through the arguments that Israel meets the legal definition for apartheid in respect of all three sections of the Palestinian population more obviously the citizens and those in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. This accessibility also allows him to outline complex issues, including legal, in a clear and lucid manner.
He stresses, repeatedly, that the BDS campaign is rights based; it does not propose a necessary solution although he favours a single democratic secular state but looks to address the key issues confronting the three population sectors, and also that in being rights based the international campaign can develop in a way that best suited to local conditions, with the precondition that campaign supporters recognise Palestinian leadership.
These aspects make the book a valuable contribution to attempts to make sense of the issue. There are some notable weaknesses. Many of the chapters have been previously published and Barghouti notes that rather than substantially rewrite he opted to maintain the integrity of each and therefore to maintain the coherence of each, facilitating a bite-sized approach to reading. The downside is that there is a tendency to repetition. A more significant weakness is that while the anti-apartheid campaigns and the South African situation is an important model and Barghouti and others in the campaign are clear that this model does not mean the Israeli-South Africa comparison is identical but that circumstances are comparable is well made when it comes to analysing the character of the political states, the same rigour is not applied to the campaigns themselves.
Quotes from Boycott, Divestme Paperback , pages. I frequently see people calling on both sides and calling for both sides to make concessions and negotiate. Want to Read saving…. I have been to Palestine where I've witnessed the racially segregated housing and the humiliation of Palestinians at military roadblocks. This is the practical guide to making The Dandelion Insurrection real!
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