Academic boycott targets students and professors. Divestment targets the economy which affects the entire population. I don't think anyone except you and the other Mudcat Jew haters would deny that BDS constitutes collective punishment. Unfortunately for the BDSers Israel's economy is thriving, it has, in fact, exceeded the OECD average in most economic indices since it's inception in 2005. Some of Israel's burgeoning trade is with Muslim countries. Some BDS.