PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi condemned Giro d’Italia for bowing to pressure from Israel’s right-wing coalition government over references to West Jerusalem on its website.

After Israeli ministers threatened to withdraw sponsorship from the Giro d'Italia over use of the term "West Jerusalem," race organizers chose to recognise Israel’s illegal annexation of occupied East Jerusalem.

Irrefutable evidence shows the Giro d’Italia is whitewashing Israel’s military occupation and apartheid policies against Palestinians.

Famed Italian cycling race will serve Israel’s propaganda efforts to cover-up its oppressive policies against Palestinians.

The Student Council of the University of Turin approved by wide majority (76%) a motion supporting the academic boycott of Israel. 

The article is not only about the right to BDS. It also discusses how international human rights law has, in general, been rendered meaningless and even oppressive. It uses the example of the BDS movement to show that, nevertheless, there is still a way to utilize its progressive potential.