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Book SynopsisFrom 'Operation Cast Lead' to the recent assault on the Gaza flotilla, both the severity and the notoriety of Israel's many human rights abuses have begun to seep into the public consciousness and convince a growing international audience of the apartheid nature of Israel as a Jewish state. Boycott, divestment and sanctions efforts (BDS) helped topple South Africa's brutal apartheid regime. In this timely collection, Palestinian writer Omar Barghouti makes the case for a renewed campaign to force the state of Israel to uphold international law and universal human rights.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: BDS: What? Why? Why Now? 1--Israeli Apartheid: Time for the South African Treatment 2--Israel vs. South Africa: Reflecting on the Cultural Boycott 3--On the Moral Responsibility of Scholars in Situations of Oppression 4--Just Intellectuals? Oppression, Resistance, and the Public Role of Intellectuals 5--Freedom vs. “Academic Freedom”: The AUT Boycott 6--Israel: So You Think You Can Dance? 7--Fighting Apartheid in South Africa, Celebrating Apartheid in Israel: Open letter to Nadine Gordimer 8--Between South Africa and Israel: UNESCO’s Double-Standards 9--What we really need! A response to anti-boycott arguments 10--Derailing Injustice: Palestinian Civil Resistance to the “Jerusalem Light Rail” 11--"Boycotts work": An interview with Omar Barghouti by Ali Mustafa 12--Never Against! European Collusion in Israel's Slow Genocide 13--Boycotting Israeli settlement products: tactic vs. strategy 14--Our South Africa Moment has Arrived Conclusion--BDS: If not now, when?
