BDS movement (Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions)

The global movement for a campaign of Boycott, Divestment and
Sanctions (BDS) against Israel until it complies with international
law and Palestinian rights was initiated by Palestinian civil society
in 2005, and is coordinated by the Palestinian BDS National Committee
(BNC), established in 2007. BDS is a strategy that allows people of
conscience to play an effective role in the Palestinian struggle for
justice.

For decades, Israel has denied Palestinians their fundamental rights
of freedom, equality, and self-determination through ethnic cleansing,
colonization, racial discrimination, and military occupation. Despite
abundant condemnation of Israeli policies by the UN, other
international bodies, and preeminent human rights organisations, the
world community has failed to hold Israel accountable and enforce
compliance with basic principles of law. Israel’s crimes have
continued with impunity.

BDS is key to a just peace

BDS key to a "just peace," says Palestinian Christian boycott activist

3 October 2012

“Kairos Palestine addresses all Christians in the world, asking them to stand against injustice embodied in Israel’s multi-formed oppression of Palestinians, Christians and Muslims,” he said.

Kassis also stresses unity between Christian and Muslim Palestinians, a topic he has researched extensively. “In 2008, two colleagues and I conducted a study,” he said. “We found that the main reason for Christian emigration was the lack of political stability (around 35 percent) and the very least significant reason was religious persecution and discrimination (less than 0.8 percent). Muslim-Christian relations were strong and solid for the last 1,500 years” (“Palestinian Christians: Facts, Figures and Trends,” Diyar, 2008 [PDF]).