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This paper investigates the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against the Israeli apartheid regime. It analyses the Palestinian search for justice and the use of civil disobedience and nonviolent strategies to contest the Israeli colonial system and to enforce international law.

Paper long abstract

This paper investigates the discourses and practices of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against the apartheid regime imposed by the State of Israel against the Palestinian people. Palestinian civil society organizations initiated this movement in 2005, calling international solidarity groups to support their anti-colonial struggle, joining a campaign to sever international ties with Israel. This campaign tried to increase the political and economic costs of the colonial rule and force a change in the Israeli policies, which did not respect international law. This paper analyses the Palestinian search for justice and the use of civil disobedience and nonviolent strategies to contest the Israeli colonial system and to enforce international law. It examines the relations between indigenous resistance and international solidarity to transform colonial rule.