Notwithstanding the movement’s triumphant tone — and Israel’s robust reaction — BDS has not been nearly as successful as its supporters claim, nor its opponents fear. However, there are signs that Israel’s disquiet over BDS is genuine.

“As a tactic, the resort to BDS is a far better and more productive form of resistance than violence and may be the last best hope of reining in Israel’s behavior and salvaging the possibility of creating an independent Palestinian state,” writes Jim Zogby.

“As the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement grows, its co-founder, Omar Barghouti, has become a target for Israeli demonization,” writes Rami Younis.

“The Palestinians are asking for solidarity in their struggle — people around the world will choose whether or not to support them. That is all there is to it,” writes Haggai Matar. “You can agree or disagree with the boycott movement, but these are the reasons Israel is being targeted.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that a Palestinian-led campaign to boycott Israeli goods was reminiscent of Nazi Germany’s campaign against Jews.

“The visit to Israel by Joint Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey shows that the U.S. is fully committed to defending Israel, but not to preserving its occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights,” writes Amir Oren.

The small Palestinian Bedouin village of Abu Nuwwar is facing a race against time for its very survival. Villagers were initially given a May 31 deadline to agree to Israeli plans to relocate them to a new planned township alongside a large Jerusalem dump, or to face demolition of their houses. An injunction is now being heard in the Israeli Supreme Court.

“The lack of proper planning for Palestinians in the West Bank leads to constant unauthorized construction, and the regular demolition of such structures,” write the editors of Ha’aretz. “It is disappointing that the High Court has backed this abuse and perpetuates the current planning system, which does not favor the local population and flies in the face of the laws of occupation.”

The Israeli government has approved a bill that will allow the force-feeding of prisoners on hunger strike if their lives are in danger. The law was strongly opposed by the Israeli Medical Association, according to Ha’aretz.

A 22-year-old Palestinian man was killed in the West Bank Sunday morning when an IDF jeep flipped over, crushing him. Palestinian media reported that Israeli forces prevented medical assistance from reaching the man.

According to a Human Rights Watch report, hundreds of Palestinian youths, some as young as 11, are being employed on settlement farms. The work is hard, and conditions even harder. Three youngsters describe an average workday.

Israel on Sunday launched a pre-emptive assault on an upcoming U.N. report into last year’s war in the Gaza Strip, saying the report is unfairly biased and issuing its own report that blames Gaza’s Hamas militant rulers for the heavy civilian casualties.

“Over the past six years, it seems Netanyahu and his people are trying to solve every diplomatic problem Israel faces by finding a clever, winning argument that will persuade the world that Israel is right,” writes Barak Ravid. “But the way to gain the world’s support is by acting, not talking. An Israeli diplomatic initiative to rehabilitate the Gaza Strip in cooperation with the international community would have worked better than any report.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s compromise proposal won Sunday’s vote in Likud, changing the system for how the party will elect its candidates in the next election cycle. According to the proposal, the party’s top candidates will continue to be chosen by its 100,000 members. But slots reserved for new candidates from specific regions further down the list will be selected by the 3,700-member Likud central committee.

“MK Miri Regev’s attempts to pull funding from artists who ‘delegitimize’ Israel expose the lengths to which this government will go to try and silence its critics,” writes Mairav Zonszein.

Mohammad Mustafa, an adviser to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on economic affairs, claimed that the PA was embarking on a “new strategy for reducing our economic dependence on Israel” by investing in key sectors of the Palestinian economy, such as energy and food production.