So. Africa: Hundreds support BDS protest against Woolworths
'Protesters anything but happy with Pharrell Williams', 21 Sep 2015: Hundreds of protesters waved Palestinian flags…in the build-up to…Pharrell Williams's concert. The protest was given the green light after BDS South Africa scored a victory…when a High Court application, aimed at preventing them from getting…protesters to the event, was dismissed. The internationally acclaimed producer and performer has come under fire for collaborating with local retail group Woolworths who have been the focus of local pro-Palestine activists for their trade with Israel…BDS campaigner Muhammad Desai slammed the supermarket and the superstar…[saying] "Over 551 Palestinian children under 16 were killed in six weeks a year ago. Woolworths and Pharell were silent,"…Desai…[said] "The boycott is not…malicious…or punitive. It’s simply aimed at…get[ting] Israel to end its occupation…There are various supermarket chains, pension funds and companies around the world which have already divested from Israel…Over 17 EU union countries have issued warnings against companies doing business in Palestine occupied territories."