German antisemitism commisioner seeks end of tax breaks for BDS groups
“If associations in our country support the work of antisemitic organizations, then these may not be privileged fiscally,” Uwe Becker said.
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German Antisemitism Commissioner Calls On Bank To Shut BDS Account
“In past years, Frankfurt, Munich and Berlin decided to deny financial support and municipal rooms, in the future, to the BDS campaign that is hostile to Israel.”
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Head of German Jewish Community Demands Bank Shut Account of Pro-BDS Group
Jewish Voice supports the BDS campaign against Israel.
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German bank under fire for strengthening antisemitism and hatred of Israel
Whoever actively supports antisemitic organizations such as BDS contributes to the further strengthening of antisemitism.
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German state parliament bans BDS while anti-Israel bank defies resolution
The parliament of Germany’s most populous state North Rhine-Westphalia slammed the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign targeting the Jewish state as ...
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German Bank Accused of Opposing Israel’s Existence
A German Green Party politician and religious studies academic slammed the Bank for Social Economy on Monday for failing to match its rhetoric with action regarding Israel’s right to exist....
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Top German Social Democrat Urges Bank to End Israel Boycott Support
Michaela Engelmeier, a member of the executive board of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, demanded that the Bank for Social Economy stop providing accounts to groups that support the Boycot...
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U.S. Senators urge German bank to stop enabling antisemitic BDS campaign
Two powerful US Republican senators, both of whom ran significant campaigns for the presidency of America in 2016, weighed in on Thursday against a German bank for aiding the Boycott, Divestment...
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German Jewish shareholders call for probe into bank’s BDS-linked accounts
The Central Welfare Board of Jews in Germany – a part owner of the Cologne-based Bank for Social Economy – wants the bank to open a new investigation into its alleged support of the b...
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Germany’s antisemitism Czar wants banks to boot antisemitic BDS groups
The newly appointed federal government commissioner for combating Antisemitism in Germany, Felix Klein, condemned the Bank for Social Economy on Thursday for ...
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Exclusive: German Jewish owner of bank demands bank stop enabling BDS
The Central Welfare Board of Jews in Germany – a part owner of the Cologne-based Bank for Social Economy – called on its management to end all business relations with groups that supp...
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German bank enabling ‘antisemitic BDS’ banned from business with Frankfurt
The Cologne-based Bank for Social Economy will be forbidden to conduct business with the city of Frankfurt – Germany’s financial capital – because of the bank’s accounts f...
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Wiesenthal Calls for Jewish NGOs to End Business with German Pro-BDS Bank
The Simon Wiesenthal Center issued an urgent appeal last week to Jewish organizations to terminate their business relations with Germany’s top financial enabler of Israeli boycott activitie...
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German Bank Enables Pro-BDS NGO that Supports IDF Deserters
A German bank has been catapulted into an anti-Israel scandal because it provides an account to an NGO that supports Israelis who desert from or refuse to serve in the IDF. The Jerusalem...
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Israel Urges German Bank to Stop Enabling ‘Antisemitic BDS Movement’
Minister Gilad Erdan demanded that a German bank close an account that enables an anti-Zionist organization to raise funds to boycott the Jewish state and spread antisemitism. “As...
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German politicians ignore bank’s BDS account
Co-written by Tamara Zieve. German politicians affiliated with the Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW) in southern Germany ignore the financial institution’s role in...
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World’s first BDS account closure, says German bank
The Bank fur Sozialwirtschaft (Bank for Social Economy) announced on Monday that it has shut down the account of a German group because it advocates a boycott against the Jewish state, fails to m...