The rhetorical purpose of equating BDS with the Arab League boycott fails on its face on several levels. The Arab League was a conglomeration of states issuing a boycott for the explicit purpose of attacking Israel’s economy to thwart “Zionist aims.” BDS is a call of conscience to supporters in civil society around the world to use economic leverage, including lobbying their governments, in order to bring about specific changes in Israeli policies that violate human rights.
