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Saturday, February 15, 2014

BDS movement article

This week for my article I read about the BDS campaign, or Boycott, Divestments, and Sanctions. The objective of the movement is to boycott Israeli products in hopes of ending Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. There has been a lot of talk about BDS and what their doing in the media. Personally, I do not think what their doing is rational or effective. Trying to harm the Israeli economy is simply immature and not promoting positive change whatsoever. If the BDS really wants Israel to withdraw from Palestinian territories then they should be trying to promote a two-state solution. I believe a two-state solution would benefit both Israelis and Palestinians. Palestinians would regain some of the territory that was previously theirs and the backlash against Israel would most likely decrease. I hope the BDS movement realizes that their current stance is ineffective and will try to promote a two-state solution in the future.

1 comment:

  1. I completely agree with you. The BDS movement is backwards, and instead of promoting peace, they promote hatred and sanctions. I also agree that a two-state solution is the best option, and the BDS could benefit from accepting this solution.

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