Boycotting Israeli products/services

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I’m trying my best to support the boycott. For those doing the same - what products/services are you using instead?

The hardest one for me has been giving up on going to Disney Paris next year. I had planned it as a joint birthday present, kids will be the perfect age. But I can’t stand in Disney with my kids knowing they support a regime killing kids.

Any good alternatives to Disney, or any other brand on the list?

@thinkfast incorrect again. Palestine is governed by the Palestinian National Authority, primarily controlled by Fatah, the largest party in the PLO.

They also governed Gaza until the mid 2000s when Hamas took de-facto control of the region, but the PLO is still recognised as the governing body in the region by the UN.

@Didshejustsaythatoutloud my donations have been going to Anera and the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund, both of which I vetted fully and am happy with where my donations are going.

@Sunshineonasameyday Palestine is NOT Hamas. The Palestinian people are human beings being slaughtered. Do you honestly belief that the tens of thousands of children blown to bits by Israel are Hamas fighters??? You need to give yourself a bit of a shake.

Did you also think that the whole population of Ireland WERE the IRA???

What's your view on Russia then?

This is hate speech - you're showing your true colours here..tell us who you really are without telling us.

Good , Anera are a credible organisation. I just worry that we are inadvertently adding to the suffering of all innocents by mindlessly throwing money in buckets
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Palestinian people are spread throughout the ME, the largest population being in Jordan the next largest in Israel and after that Gaza. If Israel wanted to commit genocide it should turn on it's own people first, but as it's not doing that you cannot claim genocide, moreover the population has increased not decreased in this period.

Tell me you know nothing about the conflict without telling me.

@Noonecares245 is completely right, this is hate speech.

And @Sunshineonasameyday saying that boycotting Israeli products leads to racial segregation, supports hate speech and leads to hateful actions... I mean LOL, have you seen what the Israeli government, and many of its people have subjected the Palestinians to for literal decades?!? Erm, racial segregation, hate speech and propaganda and hateful actions!

I take it you've also been calling for the release of the abducted Israeli hostages. Because if they’d been released nine months ago, and the Hamas kidnappers, murderers and rapists forced to face justice, there probably wouldn't have been any need for the war, would there?

You have been doing that - haven’t you? Or is it easier to just jump on a bandwagon and blame the Israelis for "genocide"?

Putin is a despot. But given Russia's complicated history (I can go into it here if you really want me to) it's unsurprising that they are where they are. I support Ukraine because Russia are on an expansion mission and determined to wipe out Ukraine (perhaps to bring back the old soviet republic or massage Putin's ego, who knows).

@Sunshineonasameyday if Israel wanted to commit genocide it would turn on its own people first? What in the name of god are you talking about?

They are committing genocide against the Palestinian people who live in the territory they have occupied for decades.

And please, I'd love an answer to my other question... if you think all Palestinians ARE Hamas, do you also believe all Irish WERE the IRA?

Do you realise how many Palestinians live and thrive in Israel?

Please read into the history of Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood.

@Sunshineonasameyday so you think Russia are on an expansion mission so you support Ukraine.

Do you not see that Israel has been on an 'expansion mission' for decades as well? And having been systematically wiping the Palestinians out? I believe they call it 'mowing the lawn'...

Do you understand what Hamas stand for? Do you understand the meaning of the chant "from the river to the sea"?

It didn't start on the 7th though- it started back in 1948. If Palestine wasn't invaded by the illegal settlers, we wouldn't be here today.

https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/what-hamas

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I think that boycotting carrots will only hurt people trying to make a living.

The real money that Israel make from the uk is in big pharma.
Check your aspirins!

@Sunshineonasameyday what Palestinians are thriving? The ones who haven't had their homes and land stolen? The ones who haven't been racially segregated? The ones who haven't been treated like dogs in their own country by an occupying power? That would be a small minority I'm afraid.

And please don't offer me reading recommendations, I'm well versed in the history of this region.

Really because you sound like you've got a degree in history from the university of social media memes.

There you go: you have summed up your hypocrisy nicely here.

Don't be silly....

By the way, not buying a bag of carrots and thinking you're making a difference is laughable.

I didn't say the Palestinian people were holding hostages. Read my post again, I clearly stated the Palestinian government were holding the hostages.