Explained: BDS, the global anti-Israel movement, and the Israeli law to counter its supporters | Explained News, The Indian Express

Explained: BDS, the global anti-Israel movement, and the Israeli law to counter its supporters | Explained News, The Indian Express

Edited by Explained Desk |New Delhi |Updated: August 17, 2019 7:36:22 am

Explained: BDS, the global anti-Israel movement, and the Israeli law to counter its supporters

BDS is a Palestinian-led movement that says freedom, justice, and equality are its guiding principles. In the 13 years since its launch, BDS is "effectively challenging international support for Israeli apartheid and settler-colonialism".

US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib at a Town Hall style meeting in Inkster, Michigan, US. (Source: REUTERS/Rebecca Cook)

A developing new crisis in Israeli-Palestinian relations has just been defused — for now — by the decision of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to allow US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib to enter Israel on humanitarian grounds.