Palestine Center Brief No. 281 (25 March 2014)
By Yousef Munayyer
The BDS movement began as a call by Palestinian civil society organizations in 2005. The reason this call was made is because Palestinian civil society witnessed the systematic failure of states and the state system to redress their legitimate grievances against Israel for violations of international law and human rights abuses.
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This article originally appeared in The American Prospect.
Yousef Munayyer is Executive Director of the Palestine Center. This policy brief may be used without permission but with proper attribution to the Center.
The views in this brief are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of The Jerusalem Fund.
