The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel seeks to convince – or pressure – individuals, organisations and corporations around the world to cancel all commercial, cultural, academic and other ties with Israel and Israelis. Officially, BDS advocates argue that these actions will, according to the BDS Australia website, “pressure the State of Israel to end the illegal occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem and the blockade of Gaza, to allow the internationally recognised right of return to Palestinian refugees to the land and homes from which Israel forcibly expelled them in 1948; and to ensure equal...