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BDS and the Cost of Rejecting Israeli-Palestinian Engagement

A movement built to challenge occupation risks weakening the pathways to peace it claims to support. Without dialogue, what resolution is possible?

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Hamza Howidy
Apr 13, 2026
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In July 2005, the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement was formally established with a call signed by 170 Palestinian civil society organizations, campaigning for three core demands: ending Israeli occupation of lands captured in 1967, recognition of full equality for Arab citizens of Israel, and the right of return for Palestinian refugees…

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