Published on February 18, 2024 at 4:57 p.m. / Modified on February 18, 2024 at 8:19 p.m.
As the Israeli-Palestinian conflict rages in Gaza, social networks are overflowing with calls to boycott Israeli products, supported in particular by the “Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions” (BDS) movement. “Without international support, whether economic, diplomatic or political, the State of Israel could not continue its policy of apartheid against the Palestinians,” says the political secretary of BDS Switzerland, Emilien Clerc. The movement created in 2005 by Palestinian non-governmental organizations is supported by various personalities, including the socialist and member of the Geneva Grand Council Sylvain Thévoz. He also has his detractors: he is accused of anti-Semitism and has been condemned in several countries.
If the boycott of Israeli products in the current context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has a symbolic and political effect, its economic impact on Israel seems limited. This is what economics professor Dany Bahar from Brown University demonstrates, relying on various facts and figures.
The issue of boycott has also appeared in Swiss news. Indeed, around a hundred collectives, including BDS, cafés and cultural places have signed an “Apartheid Free Zone” charter. French-speaking Jews denounce a sanitary cordon which excludes an entire population, relays the Intercommunity Coordination against Anti-Semitism and Defamation (Cicad). The secretary general of Cicad Johanne Gurfinkiel reacts to this charter. Opinions are particularly polarized. Explanations.
2024-02-18 20:09:18
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