Ran Greenstein is an associate professor of sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. He has written extensively on the differences and similarities between South African and Zionist settler-colonialism and among his publications are Zionism and its Discontents: A Century of Radical Dissent in Israel/Palestine (Pluto, 2014), and Identity, Nationalism, and Race: Anti-Colonial Resistance in South Africa and Israel/Palestine (Routledge, forthcoming). Ran recently spoke to the South African BDS Coalition in a wide-ranging interview that covered the political landscape in Israel, the occupied territories, and the international arena. (This interview was conducted on August 21, before the recent completion of deals between the UAE and Bahrain.) The analysis Greenstein provided both highlights how seemingly intractable the situation is, but critically he offers a range of strategies and tactics to build Palestinian solidarity in the region and abroad. This is an excerpt from a longer interview.