BDS activists project images of Gaza onto wall of Home Bargains store in Derry in Israeli goods protest

Demonstrators gathered in the car park of a local shopping mall at the corner of Strand Road and the Buncrana Road on Monday and used a projector to beam a reel onto the front of the store.

Independent councillor Gary Donnelly was among the activists in attendance.

“The purpose of the protest is to highlight the fact that Home Bargains, during the genocide, have been selling products, Dead Sea products, products made in Occupied Palestine,” he claimed.

Dead Sea products refers to goods, mostly cosmetic, produced using salt and mud from the inland sea. Most of the Dead Sea’s western coast is on the Occupied West Bank.

“There have been a number of actions in this store and they have refused to not stock them so we are just having a campaign to let the public know that there are products being sold here,” claimed the local councillor.

Home Bargains stores have been the subject of protests by Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions activists across the North and Britain.

The ‘Journal’ contacted Home Bargains head office and asked if it was aware of the protest and what action it had taken and whether the store it continue to stock Israeli goods.

The company said no one was available for comment.

Speaking at the protest on Monday, Colr. Donnelly said: “We are going to be here for as long as possible and we are going to come back. It's a different way of highlighting the issue than graffiti. It's a different tactic.”