App to boycott Israeli goods

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the “No Thanks” app, which first appeared almost two years ago carrying a large list of companies and brands consumers might consider boycotting because of Israeli links.
The app has become a key tool for the BDS movement that targets Israel economically for the actions of its government and its military in Gaza.
Along with a list of companies and brands to boycott, the app allows users to scan barcodes to find out more about the relationship particular products have with Israel.

Some posters on here just won’t give up. They keep trying to find holes where there aren’t any and make us doubt ourselves. The app works, boycotting works, and the world is finally waking up to Israel’s actions. Let’s all keep going.

I read this article this morning and it reminded me of this thread and others where pro Israel posters are determined to conflate Israel with Jews. It gives reasons as to why people keep doing this.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/16/jews-israel-not-the-same-propaganda-technique

I cba to click on guardian drivel, the point is though israel's inhabitants are 75% Jewish.

Now, if you and othere go around boycotting other busineses linked to every other conflict in the world then great but if it's only a conflict involving Israel, predominantly Jewish then you really should ask yourself why when other conflicts don't bother you.

Did you boycott everything linked to Saudi including their oil products after the Yemen conflict/humanitarian crisis if not why not?

Well exactly. And of course the boycotting extends beyond Israel to Jewish (not Israeli) businesses and things like stickering kosher foods in British supermarkets. Its just a technique to try and argue that people objecting to this are themselves the racists. Another inversion. We see it on these threads quite often.

Here’s an excerpt from the article since you don’t want to click

Such rhetoric – equating Israel with all Jews and Israel’s future with theirs – is an effort to sanctify Israel and shield it from criticism by brandishing the charge of antisemitism.
Fusing Israel with “the Jewish people” is a key propaganda technique. The fact that it’s so ubiquitous makes it no less ridiculous, or dangerous. A comment attributed to Voltaire applies: “As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.”

Can you give some examples of Kosher foods that are being stickered that aren't being produced in Israel and funding a genocidal government? A quick Google brought up a campaign againat antisemitism post about a falafel mix that had been stickered that was made in Israel therefore is funding genocide. Is that what you think antisemitism is, stickering foods made in a genocidal state that fund genocide?

It's a bit worrying that a campaign against antisemitism is conflating the boycott of Israeli goods with antisemitism. Do they not think that Jewish people might want to make ethical food choices too?

'It's a bit worrying that a campaign against antisemitism is conflating the boycott of Israeli goods with antisemitism'

What Saudi things did you boycott regarding the Yemen conflict and that humanitarian crisis?

I do not buy petrol from BP or Shell, I would not stay in Marriot hotels, and I do not buy Disney, Starbucks or products. These are all heavily invested by the Saudi Arabian government.

I do not buy products from Tetley, Apple and I do not use DHL as these are invested in by the ruling military junta that oppresses the people of Myanmar.

I also boycott products that invest in Israel.

It's not rocket science @Gloriia People can simply not buy from certain companies that invest in countries that oppress and slaughter people.

Israel is one of those countries. There's no getting away from it.

The Israeli government is ethnically cleansing Gaza and the West Bank so it can claim those areas as their own and populate them with Israeli people.

Stop putting words in people's mouths and making out other people are stupid while you are pretending you don't understand.

Obviously, if you believe in the boycott targetting Israeli foods is legitimate. If you dont want to buy them, don't buy them. However, stickering kosher foods does not send a message to the Israeli government. It sends a message to Jews outside Israel. The Jewish diaspora community, because it is Jews of all nationalities that keep kosher. I doubt very much that the sticker wielders check carefully each food in the kosher section to make sure they only sticker the Israeli goods.

Again, another example of the targetting of Jews not Israelis, with no empathy for the experience of ordinary Jews going about their business.

I think Jewish people are perfectly capable of making their own ethical food choices and don't need the help of stickers.

Yes I have seen examples of people stickering kosher foods that were not made in Israel. There was an example on this board some time ago.

The kosher restaurant Reubens in London had someone abusing diners recently. She had no way of knowing whether any of the people she abused were Israeli. Jews on an Iberia flight had Free Palestine written on their Kosher meals.

'It's not rocket science People can simply not buy from certain companies that invest in countries that oppress and slaughter people'

No-one is saying it's rocket science, I'm asking if some posters are consistent with their boycotting. You are, well done but if some are targeting one nationality/religious group whilst ignoring the many other conflicts then that is obviously not ok, not rocket science no just not ok.

Do you all boycott everything American in as 'they' support Israel?

What a very restrictive way to live.

I've been trying to make my purchases as ethical as I can for years Gloria. Buying local food(as well as growing my own), buying second hand for everything I can, avoiding overconsumption. None of us can be perfect but I do believe in trying I don't reserve that only for Israeli goods. A lot of things on the boycott list would just never be on my radar in the first place because of how I shop and live. For instance McDonalds, Burger King, Starbucks all of those type of companies I just never buy from any way, celiac disease and trying to have a healthy lifestyle means I'm really careful about where I eat and tbh I rarely eat out. My city has loads of restaurants that focus on building a menu around locally grown food so if I do eat out it would be somewhere like that to support local. Do you not try to be ethical in your purchases where you can?

'A lot of things on the boycott list would just never be on my radar in the first place because of how I shop and live. For instance McDonalds, Burger King, Starbucks'

Yes I'm the same tbh. Maybe an accidental boycotter! I just don't consume crap so yes like you I purchase fresh locally.

However, stickering kosher foods does not send a message to the Israeli government.

Stickering Israeli products isn't meant to be for the Israeli government to see. It's about helping people make informed choices about where their money is going. If someone wants to buy a product that funds genocide they can still buy it, a sticker doesn't stop them. But if a sticker makes people stop think, hey do I really need this, is there a more ethical product I can buy instead then thats a positive thing.

I don't agree with abusing people for where they choose to eat but I don't see the relevance to this app that allows people to make informed choices about purchase they make? Nobody has to download it, nobody has to take part in any boycotts if they don't want to but putting information out there so people can make those choices in an informed manner is a positive thing imo.

You are purposefully going off on a tangent to make boycotting Israeli goods seem synonymous with antisemitism.

No Im saying targetting kosher food is antisemitic. Jews keep kosher, not Israelis.

Like I said the only example I can find is the falafel mix that was produced in Israel. I don't agree with stickering non Israeli products just because they are kosher but the example that I could find, the product that campaign against antisemitism highlighted was an Israeli product. If people don't mind funding a genocidal government a sticker won't stop them from doing that.

Sorry, just because you can't find something with a quick google it doesnt happen? But you are ignoring the documented examples of Jews being targetted for keeping kosher.

This is beyond ridiculous.

Do you all boycott everything American in as 'they' support Israel?

Yes I do avoid American goods, for many reasons. I have done all my life.

What a very restrictive way to live.

What a very narrow minded view of consumerism you have. There are millions of products out there. It's not difficult to avoid the major players.
Also, it's not as restrictive as being a citizen oppressed in their own country.
I use my freedom to do what I can.

What do you do?
Seen as you are so critical of how other people choose to live their live / spend their money? What do you do to try and support your fellow human beings who are suffering?

It's not ridiculous. You were the one who brought up stickering kosher foods in British supermarkets on a thread about an app, then when I pointed out that that was an Israeli product you widened it again to someone was yelled at outside a restaurant and plane food produced in a factory god knows where that was written on. Neither of those things were part of a boycott campaign.

You are bringing up irrelevant things on a boycott thread to try and make boycotting seem synonymous with antisemitism. Just like campaign against antisemitism did when they neglected to mention that the food stickered was an Israeli product and buying it funds a genocidal government.

Ok. Ill keep this simple.

Attacking kosher food is antisemitic because it targets Jews not Israelis.

Only Jews keep kosher.

It is part of tbe same impulse to attack people in a Kosher restaurant or eating a kosher meal on a plane. It is all holding Jews collectively responsible for the actions of the Israeli government. That is antisemitic.

It is also nasty and unempathetic, attacking Jewish people doing ordinary things like shopping, going to a restaurant, travelling on a plane.

@SharonEllis
your own words edited for Palestinians as targeted by Israel.

It is holding all jews Palestinians collectively responsible for the actions of the Israeli government. Hamas That is antisemeric anti Muslim /racist?
It is also nasty and unempathetic, attacking killing Jewish Palestinian people doing ordinary things like shopping, going to a restaurant, travelling on a plane (Palestinians are trapped so no planes ) let’s say going to hospital instead

nobody here is targetting all Jewish people but Israel is attacking/ killing all Palestinian people, teenagers, babies, children, women, the elderly and innocent civilians with impunity that is what people here want to stop

Targetting kosher food is targetting Jewish people and holding them collectively responsible for the actions of the Israeli government. Targetting halal food would be the equivalent. Im not aware of a campaign to do tjat in support of Gaza. Just swapping Palestinians and Jews in my example makes no sense.
And as for all Palestinians being trapped and not on planes, dont be ridiculous. There are 1000s of Palestinians outside Gaza.

You really can’t see it? Only Israeli companies are being targeted nobody is stopping anyone buying anything. It is the personal choice of anyone what they buy. The app which is what we were discussing here provides information to allow people make informed choices and to aid those people who don’t wish to support Israel while it carries out genocide

The kosher food that was stickered was produced in Israel. The boycott is targeted at Israel. I'm not going around in circles with you. It's clear what I am saying and you are continually ignoring it and talking about not all Jews being from Israel when it is where the food in the supermarket(that campaign against antisemitism posted about and you referenced) is from that made it a target not the audience of the food. Boycotting isn't an 'impulsive attack'. It is a peaceful means of protest that has been happening for decades.

Yes I am well aware of the function of the app and the concept of boycotting.

And I am talking about stickering kosher goods which is part of the boycott. It doesn't have to be part of an app to be part of the boycott. You all insist there is nothing antisemitic about it. We are pointing out how various aspects of boycotting Israel can be antisemitic, whether that is a narrow focus only on Israel but not others, committing the same crimes you allege Israel is committing, or targetting Jews rather than Israelis.

In your example it was from Israel. In mine it was not. And the fact remains that only Jewish people shop in the kosher section so you are attacking Jewish people here. You don't know anything about their relationship with Israel, its a blanket targetting of Jews who keep kosher.

The sticker warriors may not think they are attacking the community but not thinking is not an excuse.

I don't know what 'impulsive attack' has to do with anything.