Tag Avi Shlaim

International boycott of Israel finally gaining traction

An inter­na­tional boy­cott against Israel, not unlike that against Apartheid South Africa, finally looks to be gain­ing traction.

Naomi Klein has made a good case as to why is long past time and reports in Israeli media indic­ate that, since Israel’s recent mas­sacre of 1300 Palestini­ans, the boy­cott is start­ing to have an effect.

If you want to delve more deeply than the head­lines on the issue of Zion­ism and the Palestini­ans a good start is this piece by Avi Shlaim.