By James Walker, 10 August 2025, The National
It’s called Apartheid Free Zones (AFZ) Scotland – an initiative launched by the Scottish Palestine Solidarity campaign (SPSC) that is looking to sign up shops, restaurants, businesses, community organisations, and trade unions across Scotland to commit to BDS practices.
The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement has existed since 2005. It was initiated by a coalition of more than 170 Palestinian civil society organisations in an effort to put pressure on the Israeli economy in the mould of the anti-apartheid boycott of South Africa.