The BDS campaign is hurting Palestinians

When Dr Brendan O’Brien cites a 2013 UN report that indicates a less than equitable share of financial resources were being received by Israel’s Palestinian citizens who “were allocated less than 6.25% of the state budget even though they make up 20% of the population”, he used this statistic to justify his support of the Boycott, Diversify and Sanction campaign (Letters, May 27).

Initially one might outraged at this perceived injustice; however, when has to ask who does the BDS campaign benefit?

It most certainly doesn’t benefit the Palestinian community of Gaza or the West Bank as claimed by the Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign, this is illustrated by the loss of Sodastream, which left the West Bank to relocate to Jerusalem after last year’s BDS action.