Ilan Pappe admits that BDS was not initiated by a “call” from Palestinian Civil Society

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27. I support BDS because I'm against Apartheid, and I think that BDS is proven method to protest

against it.

This doesn't mean that I have anything to do with the self-appointed leaders of BDS. BDS is a method, not an organization. I'm sure that most people who support BDS have nothing to do with the BDS you refer to as some kind of organization. My argument is bolstered by the fact that all forms of actual BDS target the occupation and the settlements, and have nothing to with the supposed leaders of BDS.

When it comes to BLM, it's a movement driven by the consensus of its participants and supporters. They're not doing what they're told by their leaders - if anything, it's the leaders who are doing what they're told. It may be a bit confusing with an organization where the direction of leadership goes in the opposite direction than you're used too. You're making a fundamental mistake by using some of its supposed leaders to characterize the whole of BLM.