Istael threat to German banks

Israel threatens German banks with sanctions if they offer services to groups of BDS Minister Israeli security, Gilad Erdan, threatened to sanction several banks in Germany if they offer services to activists of the movement of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) to Israel.  "We continue to urge all financial institutions to consider carefully the possible legal consequences, reputational and ethical, to facilitate activities to BDS groups , " said Erdan in an email sent on Friday , the Israeli daily Jerusalem Post.  the Israeli official crossed out of "anti -Semitic and anti - democratic" groups that support the BDS campaign in the world, an international movement that demands an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestine, equality for Arab Israeli citizens and the right of return of Palestinian refugees.  We urging all financial institutions to consider carefully the possible legal consequences, reputational and ethical, to facilitate activities to BDS groups , "the minister said Israeli security, Gilad Erdan  the Jerusalem Post published the results of an investigation recently conducted , alleging that important networks of BDS groups had used banks in Germany for allegedly damaging the Israeli economy.  the Israeli newspaper also said that Commerzbank, the second largest German bank, provides a bank account to a web page and one BDS magazine seeking alleges, "dismantle" Israel.  However, the spokesman Commerzbank, Gunnar Meyer, rejected all accusations and "expressly" said his bank is "adhering to compliance guidelines and regulations" regarding to bank accounts.  the BW banks in the state of Baden-Württemberg and the German public banking system Sparkasse, are also among other German financial institutions receiving threats of embargoes by the regime of Israel. Erdan claimed that those entities are linked to activities of BDS groups in different German states.  The international BDS campaign increasingly widespread throughout the world, is a collective response to genocide, apartheid and crimes against humanity committed Israel in recent decades against Palestinian civilians.  Israel lost more than 31 billion dollars alone in 2015 because of the BDS movement, announced in late March the party secretary general Palestinian National Initiative Mustafa Barghouti.  because of the huge damage caused by this antisarelí campaign for the economy and the image of the regime, Israeli officials are adopting measures to curb the BDS movement.  on March 28, a large number of political, military and Israeli journalists responsible participated in a conference entitled ' Stop BDS '(Paren BDS) in the Palestinian city of Al-Quds (Jerusalem);Participants in the meeting discussed the ways to stop the rising tide of the campaign.  Speaking at the conference, Yisrael Katz, Minister of Israeli intelligence, asked to perform "targeted killings" of activists who support the BDS movement with the help of the intelligence of the regime of Tel Aviv.  the decision taken in March by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to draw up a blacklist of Israeli and international companies operating directly or indirectly in the illegal Israeli settlements, together with the European Union (EU) to label products made ​​in illegal Israeli colonies adopted in September 2015, in addition to irritate Israel, they constitute a major victory for the BDS movement. HispanTV