This cogent and persuasive article is erroneous in one significant respect: the overall BDS movement does indeed target all Israeli products, and encompasses a cultural and partial academic boycott (institutions but not individual academics) as well. Omar Barghouti, one of the founders of the BDS movement, has expressed that any level of participation people feel comfortable with is helpful to the cause (to paraphrase, "If all you can do is boycott an egg, then we ask you to boycott an egg"). While personally I understand the rationale of a full boycott, I am not at that point yet, choosing to boycott only products and businesses that profit from the settlements (including eggs). However, my own stance is evolving, and it is beginning to look like, given the extreme intransigence of the current government of Israel, a settlement boycott alone may not be enough.
This cogent and persuasive article is erroneous in one significant respect: the overall BDS movement does indeed target all Israeli products, and encompasses a cultural and partial academic boycott (institutions but not individual academics) as well. Omar Barghouti, one of the founders of the BDS movement, has expressed that any level of participation people feel comfortable with is helpful to the cause (to paraphrase, "If all you can do is boycott an egg, then we ask you to boycott an egg"). While personally I understand the rationale of a full boycott, I am not at that point yet, choosing to boycott only products and businesses that profit from the settlements (including eggs). However, my own stance is evolving, and it is beginning to look like, given the extreme intransigence of the current government of Israel, a settlement boycott alone may not be enough.