Church boycott calls ring louder

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Church boycott calls ring louder
Sarah Irving, The Electronic Intifada, 25 August 2010

Churches around the world are joining the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement. (Luay Sababa/MaanImages)

The world's churches have long been one of the battlegrounds of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement. With the strengthening of the BDS movement, a number of churches across the globe have seen the boycott of Israeli and Israeli settlement goods hotting up, and recent weeks have witnessed some notable victories.