Erste Group

October 16, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Austrian Students Reject ‘Antisemitic’ Boycott Israel Campaign

The Austrian National Union of Students passed on Friday a motion against BDS, saying that the boycott movement targeting Israel is antisemitic, and that its demands recall the Nazis’ econo...

August 31, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Follow the Money: The Israel-Boycott Movement and Its Accomplices

Co-authored by Asaf Romirowsky. U.S. banking giant Comerica’s closure of an account earlier this year held by an organization that wages legal and economic warfare against...

June 29, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Vienna Hotel Cancels BDS Talk By South African Terrorism Financier

The Hotel Arcotel pulled the plug on a BDS event last week with Farid Esack, a South African Islamic theologian, who has raised money for a Palestinian terrorist. The planned talk titled...

March 15, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Hotels Join the List of Venues Canceling BDS Events in Vienna

Hotel Kaiserwasser and Hotel Regina have pulled the plug on a pro-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions event featuring a British-Palestinian lawyer in Austria’s capital city. The onli...

March 6, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

BDS Austria Barred from Holding Event at Vienna Cultural Institution

A Vienna cultural institution barred BDS Austria from holding an event, the WUK cultural center told The Jerusalem Post on Saturday. “The WUK distances itself clearly from ‘I...

November 28, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Exclusive: German bank pulls plug on anti-Israel BDS bank account

The Bank fur Sozialwirtschaft (Bank for Social Economy) has closed the account of a German group that promotes the ...

October 4, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Bank of Ireland shuts down anti-Israel BDS accounts

The Bank of Ireland- the country’s oldest financial institution—shut down the accounts of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC). The termination of the pro-BDS group’s...

June 24, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Exclusive: Second largest German bank shuts anti-Israel BDS account

In the latest of a series of similar account closures by international banks, German bank Commerzbank has shut down a boycott Israel account, the first action of its kind in that country, The Jer...

June 8, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Exclusive: Austrian bank shuts terror account of pro-BDS Austrian-Arab center

The Austrian financial giant Bawag closed the bank account of the pro-BDS Austrian-Arab cultural center (OKAZ), which hosted a Palestinian terrorist in Vienna in April. A spokesman for N...

May 31, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

PayPal terminates anti-Israel BDS France account

PayPal, a global leader in online payment services, blocked payments to the anti-Israel movement Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) chapter in France in May. The Jerusalem Post confirm...

May 20, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Exclusive: Major French bank closes anti-Israel BDS account

The massive French bank Credit Mutuel shut down the account of La Campagne BDS France amid escalating criticism over the illegal practices of supporting financial transactions that target Israel...

May 11, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

How New York can help stop Europe’s rampaging Israel boycotters

Co-written by Asaf Romirowsky In America, the odious boycott, divestment and sanctions movement targeting Israel remains largely confined to university humanities departments, l...

May 10, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal

German mayor embroiled in row over anti-Semitic bank account

The mayor of Stuttgart, who served as one of the patrons of an event celebrating Israel’s 68th birthday on Wednesday, defended his city’s ownership stake in the BW bank that provides...

May 2, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Giant Austrian bank shuts down BDS account

One of Austria's largest companies – the Erste Group – closed a bank account held by BDS Austria. The Vienna-based BDS Austria announced on Friday on its ...

April 20, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Bank defends neo-Nazi party and BDS bank accounts

The BW Bank in the German city of Stuttgart stood by its business accounts with a neo-Nazi party and a Palestinian group that seeks the destruction of Israel. “The [neo-Nazi party]...

April 14, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

US Senator: Investigate German bank for anti-Semitic BDS support

A leading US Senator called on Wednesday for an investigation into Germany’s second largest bank, Commerzbank, because of possible violations of the Illinois State anti-BDS law that seeks t...

April 6, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Exclusive: New York politician’s anti-BDS law would penalize German, Austrian banks

A prominent Democratic New York state assemblyman, who introduced an anti-Boycott Israel bill in the state legislature, urged on Tuesday a group of German and Austrian banks based in NYC to termi...

April 6, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Exclusive: New York politician’s anti-BDS law would penalize German, Austrian banks

A prominent Democratic New York state assemblyman, who introduced an anti-Boycott Israel bill in the state legislature, urged on Tuesday a group of German and Austrian banks based in NYC to termi...

March 30, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Austrian bank engulfed in anti-Semitism dispute over BDS account

The Vienna-based Erste Group bank—a financial giant in Central and Eastern Europe—has become embroiled in an anti-Semitism row because its provides an account to a Boycott, Divestment...