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I think sanctions are the exact answer, that's reasonable.
If all your BDS is aimed at the US and Europe though, you're not actually stopping Israel. You're just attacking the west. Which is fine, people can support that if they want. But it's not saving Gazans unless you're pressuring other Israeli trading partners too.
We're actually doing something to save Gazan lives, even if it's behind-the-scenes, and complicated. Not just empty words in the UN, which implemented sanctions against South Africa, I'll remind you, not some empty, toothless "please end apartheid, k thx bye".
I just believe in results, and I don't fall for empty political stunts under the guise of "first steps". Netanyahu believes in power. So, power is what needs to be used against him. Economic leverage should be enough. Empty words and "first steps" are crap though. Bullshit. Hogwash. Political stunts to fool people, from the same countries that refuse to accept Palestinian refugees. We do accept some, by the way, barely any at all, but at least we take some.