Israel, Palestine, and Latin America: Conflictual Relationships
by Ronaldo Munck and Pablo Pozzi
Latin American studies were not immune to the “Palestinian question” in the past, but there has been renewed interest since the launch, in response to a call from Palestinian civil society in 2005, of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which has attracted exponentially growing support among Latin American academic and intellectual institutions and associations. Popular organizations and civil society organizations have also begun to support it. Another strand of boycotts, popular among Jewish communities, has emerged that is not associated with the official BDS campaign but supports selective actions such as those targeting the Israeli blockade of Palestine or settlements on land lying outside of the June 1967 Israeli borders.
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