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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mendes, Philip, author.

Dyrenfurth, Nick, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Palestinian Arabs--Government policy--Israel.

Palestinian Arabs.

Israel--Politics and government.

Israel.

Palestine--Politics and government.

Palestine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney, New South Wales : NewSouth, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 07, 2015).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-74224-730-X

1-74224-201-4

OCLC:

930708287