Dear friends,
The Palestinian Authority has jumped on the civil society bandwagon. We can discuss and argue about their motivations later, but bottom line, AS ALWAYS, the people are leading and the leadership is following.
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign, which is aimed to exact a cost from Israel for its 43 year occupation (yes, over four decades of this man-made, human nightmare), is working.
The two links below are from articles from the Israeli press over the past 24 hours:
YNET: Ayalon: Palestinian boycott to be discussed in proximity talks
Yesha [Settlements] Council: Make PA Pay for Boycott
This is a game changer!!!
Stay tuned, but in the meantime, it’s working!!! Please join in. Every community can play a role — Palestine, Israel, USA, EU, Latin and S. America, etc, etc, etc. Cleanse your supermarket, school, pension fund, city hall, etc, etc, etc, from goods, services and investments that produce profits that prolong war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Economic "Peace" does not mean you can steal our economy in pieces,
Sam
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Sam Bahour is a Palestinian-American business consultant, writer, and commentator based in Al-Bireh/Ramallah, Palestine. He is the principal of Applied Information Management (AIM), a consultancy specializing in business development and startup advisory services.
Bahour played a foundational role in establishing two of Palestine’s publicly traded companies: the Palestine Telecommunications Company (PALTEL) and the Arab Palestinian Shopping Centers (APSC). He co-founded Americans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy (A4VPE), of which he is now an emeritus member, and served as an independent director on the board of Arab Islamic Bank P.L.C. from 2004 to 2025. He currently serves on the board of Just Vision and The Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS).
He frequently gives talks to delegations visiting Palestine on the subjects of Palestine’s political economy, Palestinian Politics 101, and a general orientation to the state of affairs under Israeli military occupation.
A prolific writer on Palestinian affairs, Bahour has been published in major international outlets including The New York Times, The Guardian, Haaretz, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, Al Jazeera America, Le Monde diplomatique, Al-Monitor, +972 Magazine, The Hill, and Arab News. He has appeared as a commentator on NPR, CNN, BBC, and other broadcast media.
Bahour is the co-editor of Homeland: Oral Histories of Palestine and Palestinians (Olive Branch Press, 1993) and was profiled in the bestselling anthology Kingdom of Olives and Ash, edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, in a chapter authored by Chabon titled “The Tallest Man in Ramallah.” He holds an Associate’s and Bachelor’s degree in Computer Technology from Youngstown State University, and a Kellogg-Recanati International Executive MBA — a joint program of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Recanati Business School at Tel Aviv University.
He tweets at @SamBahour, blogs at www.epalestine.ps, and may be reached at sbahour[AT]gmail[DOT]com.
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