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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460454103321

Autore

Mendes Philip

Titolo

Boycotting Israel is wrong : the progressive path to peace between Palestinians and Israelis / / Philip Mendes & Nick Dyrenfurth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sydney, New South Wales : , : NewSouth, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-74224-730-X

1-74224-201-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Disciplina

323.11927405694

Soggetti

Palestinian Arabs - Government policy - Israel

Electronic books.

Israel Politics and government

Palestine Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Left, Zionism and Israel, 1897-2014; 2. The progressive case against Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions; 3. Case study: BDS in Australia; 4. Case study: BDS in Britain and North America; Conclusion; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first progressive book to argue that the BDS movement (boycott, divestment and sanctions) against Israel is the wrong way to broker peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; rather, it argues that peace will come ony when both Israelis' and Palestinians' legitimate claims to statehood are recognised - by both sides.The BDS movement (boycott, divestment, sanctions) against Israel has gained traction and publicity worldwide for a decade. Yet here, Philip Mendes and Nick Dyrenfurth - two politically progressive commentators - argue that BDS is far too blunt an instrument to use in su