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The *Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement* (*BDS*) is a
Palestinian <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinians>-led^[6]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott,_Divestment_and_Sanctions#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''The_Times_of_Israel''2019Holmes2019Trew2019-6>
movement promoting boycotts
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycotts_of_Israel>, divestments
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divestments>, and economic sanctions
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_sanctions> against Israel
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel>. Its objective is to pressure
Israel to meet what the BDS movement describes as Israel's obligations
under international law
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_law>,^[7]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott,_Divestment_and_Sanctions#cite_note-7>
defined as withdrawal from the occupied territories
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli-occupied_territories>, removal of
the separation barrier
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_West_Bank_barrier> in the West
Bank <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank>, full equality for
Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_citizens_of_Israel>, and
"respecting, protecting, and promoting the rights of Palestinian
refugees to return to their homes and properties
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_right_of_return>".^[8]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott,_Divestment_and_Sanctions#cite_note-FOOTNOTETripp2013125-8>
The movement is organized and coordinated by the Palestinian BDS
National Committee.^[9]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott,_Divestment_and_Sanctions#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBueckert2020203-9>
BDS is modeled after the anti-apartheid movement
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-apartheid_movement> in South
Africa.^[10]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott,_Divestment_and_Sanctions#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGhazal2020693Lamarche2019309-10>
Its proponents compare the Palestinians' plight to that of apartheid-era
black South Africans
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_and_the_apartheid_analogy>.^[11]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott,_Divestment_and_Sanctions#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBarghouti201112Jones2018199-11>
Protests and conferences in support of the movement have been held in
several countries.^[/citation needed
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed>/] Its mascot,
which features on its logotype, is Handala
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handala>, a symbol of Palestinian
identity and "right of return"
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_right_of_return>.^[12]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott,_Divestment_and_Sanctions#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFayeq2009-12>
Critics say that BDS is antisemitic
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitic>,^[13]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott,_Divestment_and_Sanctions#cite_note-bds-antisemitic-13>
delegitimizes Israel
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legitimacy_of_Israel>,^[14]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott,_Divestment_and_Sanctions#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''Anti-Defamation_League''2016-14>
and resembles historical discrimination against Jews.^[15]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott,_Divestment_and_Sanctions#cite_note-bds-discr-15>
Countering BDS is a top priority for the Israel lobby in the United
States
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_lobby_in_the_United_States>, which
has been successful in over 30 U.S. states in putting in place measures
that confront BDS activities.^[16]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott,_Divestment_and_Sanctions#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPink2020-16>
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