German, Austrian cultural groups denounce anti-BDS resolution
Dozens of leading German and Austrian cultural institutions have denounced an anti-Israel boycott resolution in the German parliament, saying it suppresses freedom of speech. In a news conference in Berlin, the signatories to the statement on Thursday criticised what they considered to be threats to freedom of speech caused by last year’s resolution. “We reject the BDS boycott of Israel since we consider cultural and scientific exchange to be essential. At the same time, we consider the logic of counter-boycott, triggered by the parliamentary anti-BDS resolution, to be dangerous,” the s...
Source: aljazeera.com