A review by swaggynikki
BDS : boycott, divestment, sanctions : the global struggle for Palestinian rights by Omar Barghouti

hopeful informative medium-paced

This was a really really good read! Most of the chapters really stand on their own, which I think was on purpose--it functions as a collection of short resources, arguments, and explanations for the BDS movement that can be taken together or apart. That means that by the end it gets pretty repetitive, but that didn't really bother me; it just meant I got through the second half way faster. My most valuable takeaways from the book were the nuances of the specific demands and tactics of BDS, which is something I had assumed that I understood pretty well just on an intuitive level. In particular I didn't know as much about Israeli in the occupied territories of the West Bank specifically, or the degree to which it was BDS's focus. It also provided a lot of (horrifying) information about how absolutely massive and central the racist and colonialist rhetoric towards Palestinians is in Israeli government, policies, and institutions, from 48 until now. I'm really glad I read it! I feel significantly more informed on Palestinian history and current activism, and I'll probably be using some of these chapters a lot as resources.