On July 9, 2005, Palestinian civil society made the Call for BDS, which demands an end to Israel’s military occupation and the dismantling of its illegal wall; the end of the country’s institutionalized and legalized system of racial discrimination which meets the U.N. definition of apartheid; as well as the call for the right of Palestinian refugees to return.
The BDS movement was inspired by both the South African anti-apartheid movement and the U.S. Civil Rights movement. Since its launch more than a decade ago, it has succeeded in a number of ways in calling for the academic, cultural, economic boycott of Israel.
On the 12th anniversary of its founding, the movement published a list of achievements that have taken place just in 2017.
Read complete list in TelSur
Read complete list in TelSur
