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#BDSfail: Austrian bank latest European firm to close BDS account

Austrian bank closes pro-BDS account belonging to OKAZ, which hosted a convicted Palestinian terrorist in Vienna.

 

Berlin – 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.

PFPL plane hijacker Leila Khaled in South Africa. – Photo: AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA

A spokesman for New York-based investment firm Cerberus – the principal owner of the Bawag bank – told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday that the account was closed. OKAZ is part of the BDS (Boycott,Divestment, Sanctions) movement targeting the Jewish state. Continue Reading »