So who will join me in promising to boycott all israeli products from today?

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Seeker.

Thanks spicemonster.

mysterymoniker if you don't want to boycott Israel, then that's your prerogative. I do so am explaining my rationale.

And twinset - I should have explained that yesterday. Apologies

what is the rationale for not supporting the economic development of a nation?

are Israeli lives worth less somehow?

actually, i can;t bear these threads
not sure why i bothered posting.

Thanks Spicemonster for explaining, I just wish I knew more about this , my students at school are always asking me as they assume that I know because of what teach. But it is so hard finding an unbiased account.

I agree that "supporting the economic development of a nation" is a loose phrase.

I agree that "supporting the economic development of a nation" is a loose phrase.

I dont any of it anyway

Already do and have been doing for about 20 years

Lulumama, I agree with you.

But I also hope that Israel lifts economic pressure on the Gazans too.

And that Hamas respond positively to a ceasefire.

Imagine if it were to come true.

What about products from the West Bank? Are they in or out of your boycott?

How about buying this?

It's not that I don't think boycotts can do good: the South African one being a case in point.

But there it was a case of wanting to bring down a whole system. Boycotting the products of any country that conducts an unjust war- I know where I'd have to start!

Kathyis6incheshigh.... I liked that link but laughed that it is available in 750ml sizes for "liberal use"....

LOL yes!
It isn't going to say 'use conservatively', is it?

lol

Does anyone boycott tesco, sainsbury's, asda and morrison's also known as the big four? I can't see the point in boycotting 1 but not the others tbh. They are all as bad as eachother when it comes to gaining huge profits from the world's poorest people. Does anyone know much about Co-op or Waitrose's ethics?

Ds went to see some Isreali buskers at a festival this week. The first thing they did was thank people for coming to see them. I think it would have been awful if people had stayed away.

have been boycotting them for years. I was brought up to to it.

The West Bank: a difficult one. Sainsbury's quite often label their herbs as West Bank only - no reference to whether the farmer is a Palestinian or Israeli one. I have tried to get Sainsbury's to clarify this but had no success thus far.

plus a lot of Palestinian farm land has been stolen by Israelis anyway.'Disputed territory', they call it....

anyway, same old, same old.

Jeez, if it ain't Nestle it's the Jews!

Have you got nothing better to do than to opine over the origin of a fig?

Why not? It can be an effective, way of protesting in a non violent manner.

'This is not just a tank.....'

matzos are also Israeli----some kind of breadstick

zombie thread.

And matzos are not a type of breadstick, they are more like big, flat, cream crackers. But not quite.