‘Our mandate is to isolate Israel,’ BDS leader tells ‘Post’

The mandate of the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign is “to isolate Israel,” a spokeswoman for the movement told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.

 

Interviewed by phone, Kwara Kekana of BDS South Africa denied accusations leveled by Jewish organizations that her organization is anti-Semitic, a claim heard increasingly as companies such as France’s Orange appear to be buckling under pressure to sever ties with the Jewish state.

 

The BDS movement’s branch in South Africa has been one of the most vocal worldwide, and has been involved in a series of high-profile incidents that have caused vocal outrage among Jewish communal bodies.

 

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