Carrefour Closes Operations in Kuwait, Days After Bahrain Closure Amid BDS Boycott Calls

Kuwait (QNN)- French retailer giant Carrefour has closed all of its stores in Kuwait, the latest Gulf market in a growing list in which the company is ceasing operations amid widespread boycott campaigns over its complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Carrefour said it had ceased operations there on September 16 in an Instagram post late on Tuesday.
The move comes after it shut its stores in Bahrain on Sunday, after ceasing operations in Oman in January and Jordan in November 2024.
BDS Victory
One of the biggest supermarket chains in the Gulf, Carrefour has been a major target on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement’s list of companies accused of having strong ties to Israel during its ongoing genocide in Gaza where more than 64,000 Palestinians have been killed.
According to BDS, one of the retail group’s branches in Israel gifted Israeli soldiers personal packages during the ongoing assault on Gaza.
BDS also cites the chain’s franchise partnership with two companies “active in the illegal Israeli settlement enterprise”.
According to the movement, Carrefour’s partnership with Israel’s Electra Consumer Products and its subsidiary, Yenot Bitan, contribute to “apartheid, genocide, and human rights violations”.
“The Palestinian BDS National Committee salutes its allies in Oman and the Omani people who contributed to this achievement,” BDS said on X.
“Let this success be a driving force to hold more companies accountable for their complicity in Israeli crimes, including genocide, against Palestinians.”
“Until Carrefour takes concrete steps to end its complicity with Israeli apartheid and illegal military occupation and respects the rights of the Palestinian people, the campaign against the company will continue to grow and gain strength,” BDS also stated.