u/ObviousLife4972

Let's say that BDS drops the right of return as a demand while still demanding that settlers be removed from the West Bank, taking the stance that sanctions and boycotts are necessary because Israel as the stronger party faces little pressure to accept a truly sovereign Palestinian state if alone to negotiate with the Palestinian Authority, what would your reaction be?

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I assume it would be unpopular for both sides for obvious reasons but a movement that threads the needle by accepting Zionism and the existence of Israel while simultaneously emphasizing the need to economically coerce Israel to give Palestinians a batter negotiating position is the best pro Palestinians can hope for. Israel will never agree to it's de facto abolition by allowing millions of Palestinians back so it's difficult for me to consider BDS in its current form a good faith effort at resolving the conflict, and yes it's obviously not just to the Palestinian families who lost homes and property, but the obstinacy with accepting that this concession need to be made to the "bad guys" from the Palestinian point of view is one of the major things holding them back, and finally accepting it would let them shift the discussion from arguing about vengeance/social justice/fingerpointing about the past to focusing on settlements which is a problem still ongoing today and where Israel is unambiguously the bad guy.

I would assume with the Assad regime falling Hezbollah would be having a harder time getting supplies from Iran over land, so are they getting more stuff by boat now, are they manufacturing more of their weapons?