Pro-Palestinian activists staged a boycott action at the Mall of Cyprus in Nicosia last Saturday, urging shoppers to avoid products from companies they say are profiting from the genocide in Gaza.
The campaign, organised by United for Palestine Nicosia, BDS Cyprus and Genocide Free Cyprus, encouraged customers to check product labels and use mobile apps to identify and avoid certain goods.
The groups called on shoppers to support local and independent businesses instead, as part of a wider Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
The action coincided with the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, marked annually on 29 November.
Israel has killed at least 43,000 Palestinians, with 102,000 wounded, since the October 7 attack by Hamas. It has also killed around 3,000 in Lebanon and Syria, while around 3 million people have been displaced from their homes as a result of the war.
Experts, governments, United Nations agencies, and non-governmental organisations have accused Israel of carrying out genocide against the Palestinian people.
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