Hope as a duty: Gaza and the BDS Movement

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The issue which has, more than any other, shown the depth of hypocrisy in the international rules based order is Palestine. In Gaza, the world watched a genocide in real time. Despite massive global protests, the machine rolled on – yet Palestinians remain hopeful. Host Nick Dearden speaks with Omar Barghouti, founder of the BDS (Boycott, Divest, Sanctions) Movement and the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, and a recipient of the Gandhi Peace Award. They discuss the source of hope in the face of ongoing atrocities, the continued devastation post-ceasefire, and what Trump’s approach to Greenland and Gaza means for the world order. In This Episode Hope as a duty to future generations The ceasefire as a means to continue genocide with less media coverage — and how complicit media outlets inadvertently contributed to continued solidarity by causing people to seek out alternate, direct coverage from the beginning Israel’s use of genocide in Gaza as a smokescreen for unprecedented brutality in the West Bank, including the destruction of refugee camps Israel’s policy of brutality toward Palestinian political prisoners in the West Bank The links between the genocide in Gaza and corruption in the colonial West Trump’s goal of undermining the United Nations with his ‘Board of Peace’ The history, evolution, and success of the BDS movement – and what’s next Why solidarity begins with ending complicity Boycott, Divest Sanction Movement https://bdsmovement.net/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BDSNationalCommittee Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bds.movement/ Twitter/X: https://x.com/bdsmovement TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bds.movement Featured Organisation: Na’amod https://naamod.org.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NaamodUK Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/NaamodUK Twitter/X: https://x.com/NaamodUK ABOUT THE PODCAST COUNTER•POWER is brought to you by Stop Trump Coalition, Another Europe Is Possible and Global Justice Now, three organisations at the centre of