Why campaigners are boycotting Israel

A campaign calling for a boycott of Israel says it is trying to pressure the Jewish state to change its policies towards the Palestinians.

The international pro-Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) movement has been using the same techniques as anti-apartheid campaigners who worked to bring down white minority rule in South Africa.

Israel claims groups such as BDS are really opposed to the state's very existence.

Michael Deas, BDS Campaigns Director in London, told BBC News about the thinking behind the boycott.