The case for sanctions against Israel / edited by Audrea Lim.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-231).

Part I. Israel/Palestine -- Freedom in our lifetime / Mustafa Barghouthi -- Ni'lin like Soweto / Jonathan Pollak -- What goes on when nothing goes on? / Slavoj Žižek -- Part II. The boycott movement -- BDS movement call, July 9, 2005 -- The cultural boycott : Israel vs. South Africa / Omar Barghouti -- Economic activism against the occupation : working from within / Merav Amir and Dalit Baum -- The brain of the monster / Nada Elia -- North American colleges and universities and BDS / Joel Beinin -- Six years of BDS : success! / Hind Awwad -- BDS in the USA, 2001-2010 / Noura Erakat -- Part III. Intersections -- Sour oranges and sweet taste of freedom / Ronald Kasrils -- In the long shadow of the settler : on Israeli and US colonialisms / David Lloyd and Laura Pulido -- The history and contemporary state of Palestinian sexual liberation struggle / Haneen Maikey -- After the Holocaust and Israel : can the prophetic heal two martyred peoples? / Marc Ellis -- A moment of truth : a document of Christian Palestinians calling for BDS / Jamal Khader -- Israel/Palestine and the apartheid analogy : critics, apologists and strategic lessons / Ran Greenstein -- Justice for Palestine : a call to action from indigenous and women-of-color feminists / Angela Davis and others -- Part IV. Case for sanctions against Israel -- Why boycott Israel? / Lisa Taraki and Mark LeVine -- Israel : boycott, divest, sanction / Naomi Klein -- The boycott will work : an Israeli perspective / Ilan Pappe -- Why a boycott / John Berger -- Boycott Israel / Neve Gordon -- Yes to BDS! An answer to Uri Avnery / Michael Warschawski -- Looking for Eric, Melbourne Festival, and the cultural boycott / Ken Loach, Rebecca O'Brien and Paul Laverty -- An effective way of supporting the struggle / Ra'anan Alexandrowicz and Rebecca Vilkomerson -- Lighting a torch within : anti-colonial Israeli support for BDS / Omar Barghouti.

In July 2011, Israel passed legislation outlawing the public support of boycott activities against the state, corporations, and settlements, adding a crackdown on free speech to its continuing blockade of Gaza and the expansion of illegal settlements. Nonetheless, the campaign for boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) continues to grow in strength within Israel and Palestine, as well as in Europe and the US. This essential intervention considers all sides of the movement -- including detailed comparisons with the South African experience -- and contains contributions from both sides of the separation wall, along with a stellar list of international commentators. -- Publisher description.