BDS accounts closed in Germany

[Melech 9,900]

"The Bank für Sozialwirtschaft (Bank for Social Economy) has closed the account of a German group that promotes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against the Jewish state.

The Cologne-based bank notified the anti-Israel NGO Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East that its account will be shut down by the end of the year, according to an article that appeared on the anti-Zionist website Der Semit on Thursday.
The Jerusalem Post, as part of its reporting earlier this year on European banks that maintain BDS and terrorism-related accounts, found that the Bank for Social Economy account was listed on the NGO’s website, in an effort to attract donations.
After receiving a Post query in September alleging Hamas links to the Jewish Voice group, as well as that it was spreading contemporary antisemitism and engaging in BDS activities, the bank opened an investigation, spokeswoman Stephanie Rüth said.

Rüth told the Post last week that the bank “cannot, on account of bank secrecy policy, provide internal information to the public.” Several Post queries to members of Jewish Voice were not returned.

The London-based Palestinian Return Center sponsored the conference. Then-defense minister Ehud Barak said in 2010 that the Return Center is an “unlawful association” because of its association with Hamas. Germany’s best-selling newspaper, Bild, headlined its article on the 2015 event: “The Hamas conference in Berlin.”

Jewish Voice on its website lauds Günter Grass for his “candid statements” in his 2012 poem “What Must Be Said.” Grass – the 1999 Nobel laureate in Literature and former Nazi SS member – accused Israel of warmongering and planning a first nuclear strike on the Islamic 

A number of banks in Belgium and Germany declined to close BDS accounts. The Belgium-based BDS group holds a Paribas account called Association Belgo-Palestinienne (BNP). Hans Mariën, the head of public relations and press for BNP Paribas Fortis in Brussels, told the Post that he cannot comment because of bank privacy rules"

http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/German-bank-pulls-plug-on-anti-Israel-BDS-bank-account-473736

whops bds in shook

 

[Goosey 3,017]

"Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East"?

So these are Jewish people who want peace in the Middle East? What's bad about that, and why'd their account get shut?

 

[Mr Judas 4,106]

I didn't really understand 

[lego 44,165]

number of banks in Belgium and Germany declined to close BDS accounts

 

Well not everyone falls under the pressure.

 

 

3 hours ago, Goosey said:

"Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East"?

So these are Jewish people who want peace in the Middle East? What's bad about that, and why'd their account get shut?

 

 

German guilt?

You can't go against Israel no matter who you are. Israel is free to commit war crimes, human rights violations, extrajudicial killings etc. as they please and you can't protest about it. That's the lesson for today. 

 

[Melech 9,900]

51 minutes ago, lego said:

number of banks in Belgium and Germany declined to close BDS accounts

 

Well not everyone falls under the pressure.

 

 

 

German guilt?

You can't go against Israel no matter who you are. Israel is free to commit war crimes, human rights violations, extrajudicial killings etc. as they please and you can't protest about it. That's the lesson for today. 

 

sure joanne