Recently I have been witnessing a growing number of discussions around the BDS (Boycott-Divestiture-Sanctions) movement. Emotions are usually running high in these discussions, and you hear passionate arguments for and against the support of BDS. Depending on who you ask, you’ll get one of two polarized answers. The pro-BDS camp claims it is the only way left for forcing Israel to restore justice to the Palestinian people, after everything else failed. The anti-BDS camp claims it is yet another attempt on behalf of Arabs to destroy Israel – the one and only Jewish state. So who’s right and who’s wrong? The truth, as usual, is a bit more complicated. If live outside of Israel and continue reading beyond this point, I guarantee you will know more than 99% of your friends and neighbors. So here we go:

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