COMMON MYTHS VS FACTS #16

MYTH:

The point of a peaceful boycott movement is to harm the entity being boycotted more than harming the ones doing the boycotting. However, the BDS movement achieves the opposite outcome. BDS severely weakens the Palestinian economy and barely puts a dent in the Israeli economy.
Israel, which has a population of 9 million people, has a current GDP of about $307 billion, whereas Palestine (West Bank and Gaza), which has a total population of 4.2 million, has a current GDP of about $12 billion.
In a 2016 article, Bassam Eid, human rights activist and commentator on Palestinian domestic affairs, explained that the objectives of BDS activists abroad would actually increase economic hardships for the Palestinians in Judea, Samaria and Gaza.
The BDS movement leaders and activists justify imposing hardships on the Palestinian people by claiming that freedom is somehow worth sufferage.
BDS leader Omar Barghouti, has expressed support for terrorism, promoted anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and regularly demonizes Israel. He opposes the Jewish right to self-determination and Israel’s existence, openly calling for its destruction as a Jewish state.