I understand opposition to the Israeli government’s activities in the West Bank and Gaza. Obviously that government should be targeted by BDS. Businesses also seem fair game. But what about individuals? For example, if an artist posts periodically online, should they also be subject to boycott?
The goal of a grassroots boycott is to show enough popular support to make a government boycott feasible. You don’t have to hurt individuals to do that, you just have to make it clear there’s popular support for an international boycott. So big companies yes, protests yes, signs yes, petitions yes… You can skip individuals
Agreed in principal. And individuals are not synonymous with their governments. Yet this also seems like a workaround to avoid the issue.