Can boycotting Israel end the occupation?

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Occupation/Human rights

Opinion: Why an economic boycott of Israel cannot succeed,

“When we look into the ability of an economic boycott to affect the Israeli government’s occupation policies, it is impossible not to conclude that it is ineffective,” writes Yonathan Mizrachi.

High Court to state: Why won't you recognize Arab village?,

Israel’s High Court of Justice this week granted the state 90 days to explain its decades-long refusal to even decide whether to recognize the Palestinian village of Dahmash, located in central Israel. Being unrecognized means that residents have no legal access to basic infrastructure, planning or zoning mechanisms, and live under constant fear of demolition.

‘In choice between territories and peace, I prefer peace,’ Ben-Gurion said in 1968,

He did have two exceptions though: Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.

Hebron shooter: All of my IDF commanders are liars,

All of the decorated IDF commanders who have testified against him are liars, Hebron shooter Elor Azaria told the Jaffa Military Court on Sunday, as he began what are expected to be three days of dramatic testimony in his manslaughter trial.

Israeli politics

Israeli expulsion law 'violates all rules of democracy',

Critics fear the new legislation is designed to empty the Knesset of its Palestinian parties.