Norwegian lawmaker: BDS is 'peaceful'

A Norwegian lawmaker who nominated the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for a Nobel Peace Prize is arguing that the movement is “peaceful”.

The lawmaker, Bjornar Moxnes, denied in an interview with the Middle East Eye website that the BDS movement is anti-Semitic, adding his nomination is aimed at the Israeli government and not the Jewish people.