German city to award anti-Israel organization

A majority of the Bayreuth City Council has approved the decision to grant the Tolerance and Humanity Prize, worth 10,000 Euros, to the American organization Code Pink, which supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement that runs counter to the Israeli occupation in Palestine.

The award is set to be handed on April 15.

A frustrated Israeli Ambassador to Germany Yakov Hadas-Handelsman has blasted the Bayreuth City Council for granting a tolerance and .humanity prize to the group.