After BDS [ boycott Israel ] groups mounted a campaign against Israel’s sponsorship of the Pop Cultural festival in August 2017, musicians from Egypt, Syria and Tunisia withdrew from the event. The Bank for Social Economy – a...
Tag - Germany
The fight against anti semitism and the BDS Israel movement in Germany.
Students at Top German University Denounce ‘Antisemitic’ BDS, Vote to Withhold Funds and Space From BDS Advocates
By: Algemeiner StaffThe Student Council of Heidelberg University in Germany adopted a proposal on Tuesday denouncing the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel as “antisemitic.” The measure — which passed by a vote...
German Bank Enabling ‘Antisemitic BDS’ Banned From Business with Frankfurt
By: Benjamin Weinthal- Jerusalem Post“The city of Frankfurt will, in the future, only work with banks who do not maintain business relations with the antisemitic BDS movement.” The Cologne-based Bank for Social Economy will be forbidden to conduct business...
German LGBT Group Closes Bank Account To Protest BDS Activity
By: Benjamin Weinthal- Jerusalem PostThe Bank for Social Economy holds numerous accounts that wage boycott, divestment, sanctions (BDS) activity against Israel. The Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation – named after a gay German-Jewish scientist who was persecuted by the...
German Court Says BDS Activist Antisemite, Called Israeli Ministers Nazis
By: Benjamin Weinthal- Jerusalem PostAn email to The Jerusalem Post from the anti-Israel activist Abraham Melzer was cited in the Munich court decision as evidence of the activist’s modern antisemitism. A leading proponent of the boycott campaign targeting...