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Al-Araby
In his own words, the founder of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Omar Barghouthi, describes the formation of the movement as “a historical moment of collective consciousness, and informed by almost a century of struggle against Zionist settler-colonialism.” BDS is a rights-based, non-violent movement rooted in international law and human rights norms. Its core mission is to encourage the world’s civil society organisations and people of conscience to “impose broad boycotts and implement divestment initiatives against Israel similar to those applied to South Africa in the apartheid era…