Anti-Israel BDS campaign gaining great victories

A political analyst says economic and political consequences should be imposed on Israel to force it into ending its violence against the Palestinian people, stressing the BDS campaign is gaining great victories.

“As far as I see the only real practical measures that can be taken are forcing economic consequences and political consequences for Israel’s action,” Navid Nasr, radio host and political commentator, told Press TV in an interview.

“In terms of economic consequences, I think the BDS campaign — the Boycott Divestment Sanction campaign — is off to a great start on that front and is building momentum gradually even right here in the United States, it’s winning some major victories,” he said.

He added that more nations are abandoning their “unquestioning solidarity for Israel” in political terms.

The commentator believed that this does not imply support for Palestine and the Palestinians but that “things are gradually changing on that front.”

The BDS campaign is part of international efforts to pressure Tel Aviv to stop illegal constructions in the occupied Palestinian territories.

The presence and continued expansion of Illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine has created a major obstacle for the efforts to establish peace in the Middle East.

More than half a million Israelis live in illegal settlements built since Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East al-Quds in 1967.

Pointing to the recent unity talks between Hamas and Fatah, Nasr said the conflict was deliberately struck from outside in 2006-2007 when the elections happened and Hamas won the elections.

“So, unity between Hamas and Fatah, politically is key to ensuring that these kinds of wedges and divisions aren’t driven between the Palestinian leadership,” the analyst added.

On April 23, Hamas and the Palestinian Authority, pledged to end differences and form a unity government.

Under the long-awaited deal, the rival Palestinian factions of Hamas and Fatah are to form a unity government within five weeks and hold national elections six months later.

The Israeli regime has reacted by canceling the so-called peace talks with the Palestinian Authority and threatening sanctions against it.