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9 Responses to “Israeli Extreme-Right Threatens British Boycott”

1. theedgeofwhere says:

   January 8, 2010 at 12:45 AM

   The amazing thing is that 42 Israeli parliamentarians – over a third of their knesset – signed the petition in favour of boycotting British goods!?

   you should see the response of the zionist federation to the relabelling excercize here:
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP3s7XGUg9c&feature=player_embedded

   It’s amazing how much energy they are expending trying to restrict the amount of information available to the consumer!

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2. William Burns says:

   January 8, 2010 at 3:40 AM

   It’s not just boycotting British goods–it’s boycotting companies that operate in Britain. That’s a heck of a lot of companies. In fact, this would logically entail boycotting Israeli companies that export to Britain. The whole thing is about as well-thought out as the last Lebanon war.

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   • Richard Silverstein says:

     January 8, 2010 at 5:24 PM

     Good point!

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3. mary says:

   January 8, 2010 at 8:41 AM

   The hysteria amuses me; I just shake my head in wonder that so many nutcases are in the Knesset. Well, that does explain a lot of things, such as the approval of millions of dollars worth of aid to settlers. Everything is an existential threat to them, including the labeling of products. And the urge to retaliate against any perceived aggression is so overwrought that oh, gosh, they’re going to label British goods so that Israelis can choose not to buy them, too! Do they really think that Israelis will boycott British companies, when British goods permeate the consumer market there?

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   • Shmuel says:

     January 10, 2010 at 3:27 AM

     Nutcases indeed – the subject of Gideon Levy’s latest column: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1141442.html

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4. andrew r says:

   January 8, 2010 at 2:10 PM

   I love the wording here, “differentiate between Jewish and Palestinian produce that originates exactly from the same area.” Just one more indication that while Israelis whinge about no one accepting their existence, they won’t let anyone do that minus the occupied territories. And I’m pretty sure when Palestinian produce was (is?) sold in Israel, buyers know who made it.

   The purple prose could use some work, although I’ll grant “dark shadow” could be a literary device that sounds less silly in Hebrew.

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5. RB says:

   January 9, 2010 at 5:52 PM

   I’m not even Israeli, and I already boycott British stuff.

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   • mary says:

     January 10, 2010 at 7:08 AM

     Why? Whether you are Israeli or not, why boycott British goods? Please explain.

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   • Warren says:

     January 10, 2010 at 1:27 PM

     Ah well, so much more toffees, Jaguars, Newcastle Brown ale and Fawlty Towers for the rest of us. I tried to get the limeys to airmail me a newspaper-encased order of fish and chips direct from London all piping hot and ready to eat once, but it didn’t work (I’m on the West Coast of the US).

     RB, maybe you could boycott that ultimate British “product” the English language, now THAT would be impressive. Granted, it would be more challenging for you to make inane comments on English language blogs under said scenario. We’ll keep James Bond, thank you, you can have Moshe Goldstein Mossad agent extraordinaire (coming to a theatre near you, or maybe not… )

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