Generation Palestine : Voices From the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement

The unique model of apartheid, colonisation and military occupation that Israel imposes on the Palestinians, along with myriad violations of international law, have made Palestine the moral cause of a generation. Yet many people continue to ask, ‘what can we do?’__Generation Palestine__ helps to answer this question by bringing together Palestinian and international activists in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The movement aims to pressure Israel until it complies with International Law, mirroring the model that was successfully utilised against South African apartheid.With essays written by a wide selection of contributors, __Generation Palestine__ follows the BDS movement’s model of inclusivity and collaboration. Contributors include Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Ken Loach, Iain Banks, Ronnie Kasrils, Professor Richard Falk, Ilan Pappe, Omar Barghouti, Ramzy Baroud and Archbishop Attallah Hannah, alongside other internationally acclaimed artists, writers, academics and grassroots activists. Cover 1 Contents 8 Acknowledgements 11 Foreword 13 Part I - BDS: The Historical Context 16 1. Palestine's Global Battle that Must be Won - Ramzy Baroud 18 2. Boycott, Bricks and the Four Pillars of the South African Struggle - Ronnie Kasrils 33 3. India's Freedom Struggle and Today's BDS Movement - Prabir Purkayastha and Ayesha Kidwai 49 4. The US Civil Rights and Black Liberation Movement: Lessons and Applications for the Palestinian Liberation Movement - Kali Akuno 62 Part II - The Palestinian Call for BDS 72 5. The 2005 Palestinian Call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions - Official Text of the BDS Call 74 6. Why Palestinians Called for BDS - Raji Sourani 76 7. Self-Determination and the Right of Return: Interlinked and Indivisible Rights - Nidal al-Azza 87 9. International Law, Apartheid and Israeli Responses to BDS - Professor Richard Falk 100 10. Towards a Just and Lasting Peace: Kairos Palestine and the Lead of the Palestinian Church - Archbishop Atallah Hanna 115 Part III - Economy, Academia and Culture 122 11. BDS: Perspectives of an Israeli Economist - Shir Hever 124 12. Colonialism, the Peace Process and the Academic Boycott - Ilan Pappe 139 13. Faithless in the Holy Land - A Musician's Journey to Boycott - David Randall 154 14. Our People - Iain Banks 164 15. Why We Back the Boycott Campaign - Ken Loach, Rebecca O'Brien and Paul Laverty 168 Part IV - Activists and Activism 172 16. Derailing Veolia - Adri Nieuwhof 174 17. The Case of the Edinburgh 5 - Mich Napier 183 18. Worker-to-Worker Solidarity: BDS in the Trade Union Movement -Rafeef Ziadah 194 19. The Derry versus Raytheon Struggle - Eamonn McCann 208 20. Israeli Apartheid Week: A Gauge of the Global BDS Campaign - Hazem Jamjoum 219 21. Palestine's South Africa Moment has Finally Arrived - Omar Barghouti 231 Notes on Contributors 248 Index 252 The unique model of apartheid, colonisation and military occupation that Israel imposes on the Palestinians, along with myriad violations of international law, have made Palestine the moral cause of a generation. Yet many people continue to ask, 'what can we do?'

Generation Palestine helps to answer this question by bringing together Palestinian and international activists in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The movement aims to pressure Israel until it complies with International Law, mirroring the model that was successfully utilised against South African apartheid.

With essays written by a wide selection of contributors, Generation Palestine follows the BDS movement’s model of inclusivity and collaboration. Contributors include Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Ken Loach, Iain Banks, Ronnie Kasrils, Professor Richard Falk, Ilan Pappe, Omar Barghouti, Ramzy Baroud and Archbishop Attallah Hannah, alongside other internationally acclaimed artists, writers, academics and grassroots activists.
The unique model of apartheid, colonization, and military occupation that Israel imposes on the Palestinians, along with myriad violations of international law, have made Palestine the moral cause of a generation. Yet many people continue to ask, "what can we do?" Generation Palestine helps to answer this question by bringing together Palestinian and international activists in the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The movement aims to pressure Israel until it complies with International Law, mirroring the model that was successfully utilized against South African apartheid. With essays written by a wide selection of contributors, Generation Palestine follows the BDS movement's model of inclusivity and collaboration. Contributors include Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Ken Loach, Iain Banks, Ronnie Kasrils, Professor Richard Falk, Ilan Pappe, Omar Barghouti, Ramzy Baroud, and Archbishop Attallah Hannah, alongside other internationally acclaimed artists, writers, academics, and grassroots activists