Some 57 protesters calling for a boycott of Woolworths in South Africa because it carries Israeli products were arrested in Johannesburg.
The protesters were arrested Oct. 25 and charged with public disturbance, the South Africa Press Association reported. They reportedly walked into the store and lay on the ground with signs.
Boycott, divestment and sanctions, or BDS, protests also took place in Cape Town.
Members of the Congress of South African Students Western Cape branch placed a pig’s head in the meat department of a local Woolworths last week as part of the protests.
“Many of our customers have asked if we source from the occupied territories. We do not,” Woolworths said in a statement published in the South Africa Independent. “We fully comply with government guidelines on products from Israel. Less than 0.1 percent of our food is sourced from Israel.” — jta