BDS co-founder criticises UK settlement trade ban as 'performative' and ineffective
BDS co-founder criticises UK settlement trade ban as 'performative' and ineffective Omar Barghouti, the co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement that aims to pressure Israel over its occupation of Palestinian land, has criticised the new restrictions introduced by the UK on settlement trade as "performative". "The UK is going after a crime while continuing to be…
Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the BDS movement, has criticized the United Kingdom's new trade restrictions on Israeli settlements as performative and ineffective. The UK is engaging in a crime while continuing to be complicit with Israel, a "serial criminal," according to Barghouti. The UK has an obligation, stemming from the International Court of Justice's advisory opinion from July 2024, to cease all relations with Israel that support its illegal occupation and apartheid regime in the Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem.
Barghouti argues that allowing "humanitarian aid" into Gaza does not address the UK's complicity. Israel has fully integrated its economy with that of the occupation, making it difficult to distinguish between the two. Therefore, there is no obligation for any state to differentiate, even if the goal is to end complicity with Israel's illegal settlements.
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