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Strategic affairs minister heads to Germany, Italy, aiming to curb BDS
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleStrategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan, who is in charge of combating the boycott movement against Israel, heads to Europe for a diplomatic tour aimed at promoting the struggle against BDS.
Erdan will visit Germany and Italy and will meet diplomatic officials, leaders of local Jewish communities and representatives of pro-Israel organizations.
He will be the main speaker at Europe’s biggest pro-Israel conference and at other events, the Strategic Affairs Ministry says in a statement.
The statement says that while European countries do not formally boycott Israel, the continent is where BDS is most prominent, with countries funding such organizations either directly or indirectly.
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