Boycott from Within

Summary

Boycott! Supporting the Palestinian BDS Call from Within, a growing movement in Israel since 2009 that, in Barghouti’s account, fully adopted the Palestinian BDS Call and its principles (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights, PDF p.42).

“Since 2009, Boycott! Supporting the Palestinian BDS Call from Within (or Boycott from Within, for short), a growing movement in Israel, has fully adopted the Palestinian BDS Call and adhered to its principles, showing the way for genuine Israeli opposition to occupation and apartheid.” (PDF p.42)
Among its principles Barghouti commends: progressive Israelis should “focus most of their energies not on eating hummus with Palestinians in Ramallah, Bethlehem, or Jenin, or on sharing gestures of perceived “coexistence,” but by working within their communities, the colonial oppressors, to educate and mobilize support for ending Israel’s system of oppression and by supporting the Palestinian-led global BDS campaign” (PDF p.42).
In Chapter 15, Boycott from Within is named among the partners, including the Israeli group, that approach performers and convince some who had accepted invitations to cancel (Bono, Björk, Jean-Luc Godard and Snoop Dogg are listed in that category) (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights, PDF p.207).
In Chapter 16, “The courageous Israeli BDS group Boycott from Within is acutely aware of this equation” — that outside pressure raising the price of oppression cracks the colonial society’s garrison unity, as in South Africa, France in Algeria, and the United States in Vietnam (PDF p.214).