After a coalition of student groups at the University of Vienna passed a resolution rejecting BDS and labeling BDS anti-Semitic in March, Martin Weiss, Austria’s ambassador to Israel, tweeted: “I think what the Austrian student organizations were saying is: BDS Erste Bank has become involved in an anti - Semitism campaign as it lent an account to a Boycott , Divestment and Sanctions ( BDS ) group , leading to calls to have the account closed ; the BDS threatens the Jewish community with economic pressure so as to support the cause of Palestine .
Erste Bank has become involved in an anti - Semitism campaign as it lent an account to a Boycott , Divestment and Sanctions ( BDS ) group , leading to calls to have the account closed ; the BDS threatens the Jewish community with economic pressure so as to support the cause of Palestine .