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Boycott of Israeli goods

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  • 25-05-2004 1:43pm
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    kmick
    Registered Users Posts: 3,375 ✭✭✭


    I agree witht the article below and want to boycott Israeli goods. Anyone know what goods are from Israel and how you recognise them. They used to mark their fruit but have not done so for years. Would your local supermarket make you a list of goods from Israel.

    "IRELAND/ISRAEL: A Fianna Fáil senator has called for a boycott of Israeli goods after the attack last week at a refugee camp in Rafah on the Gaza Strip.
    Senator Terry Leyden said a boycott was the "only action" that could have an effect on current events in Gaza and drew parallels with the boycott of South African goods by Dunnes Stores workers during the apartheid regime.
    "The boycott involving Dunnes Stores workers helped to bring down the South African regime. It is time that other workers decided to boycott all Israeli goods until Israel recognises the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination."
    A spokeswoman for the Israeli embassy in Dublin responded by saying the matter "would best be discussed directly and in private and not through the media". She added: "We would willing to meet with the respected senator.""
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    Saruman
    Registered Users Posts: 11,389 ✭✭✭✭Saruman


    Should this not be in politics? Its a political question and nothing to do with food/drink as you are assuming its food from israel that we need to Boycott.. since i have never heard of or seen any food from there in shops i can only imagine we all pretty much "boycott" it anyway :D


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    halkar
    Registered Users Posts: 1,240 ✭✭✭halkar


    mmmmm Jaffa Cakes? Hope they are not from Israel :D


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    The Real B-man
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 3,731 Mod ✭✭✭✭The Real B-man


    sure its all goes to terrorism sure the talaban probably own weetabix


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    kmick
    Registered Users Posts: 3,375 ✭✭✭kmick


    You would be assuming wrong Lord of the rings boy. We import food from Israel all the time it is not just labelled as such. Do you think they grow oranges in Wicklow?


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    Saruman
    Registered Users Posts: 11,389 ✭✭✭✭Saruman


    No they probably dont grow oranges there BUT to my knowledge all food has a country on it. OK you can probably get away with product of EU but Israel is not in the EU so would have to have a country name.. Oranges for instance unless loose would usually have a country on them. I have never seen anything from Israel. So what is it exactly we import from there? Out of curiosity as i have no intention of going out of my way not to buy the stuff.


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    kmick
    Registered Users Posts: 3,375 ✭✭✭kmick


    have never seen anything from Israel. So what is it exactly we import from there? Out of curiosity as i have no intention of going out of my way not to buy the stuff. [/B][/QUOTE]

    Well if I knew that I would not be asking the question. The only products I know that come from Israel are Vegetables, Fruti, and Herbs. The most readily identifiable are JAFFA oranges. They come form Jaffa you see. Here is a list of other stuff one would not normally buy.
    http://boycottisraeligoods.org/modules11748.php
    I will write to Superquinn where I shop.


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    funky penguin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,352 ✭✭✭funky penguin


    Its more than likely clothes et all, the ones kids get paid a penny an hour to make.


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    MartMax
    Registered Users Posts: 1,667 ✭✭✭MartMax


    not really relevant to the topic but if i am not mistaken... sometimes ago and may be still now... either AMD or Intel produce their chips in Malaysia and do the testings in Israel... The fact is both countries never have any diplomatic relationship... :p


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    Tommy Vercetti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,108 ✭✭✭Tommy Vercetti


    boycotting these basic products will hurt Palestinians more - they are the cheap labour that get used and abused


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    Woden
    Registered Users Posts: 6,560 ✭✭✭Woden


    Originally posted by mart_max
    not really relevant to the topic but if i am not mistaken... sometimes ago and may be still now... either AMD or Intel produce their chips in Malaysia and do the testings in Israel... The fact is both countries never have any diplomatic relationship... :p

    yeah intel have fabs in israel iirc, i think they make the pentiums there


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    Kobie
    Registered Users Posts: 322 ✭✭Kobie


    Well, last time I looked in my local SuperValue they had Israeli oranges, onions & herbs (Basil, Corriander etc..) for starters. This is pretty much the only reason I have never bought oranges, onions & herbs from SuperValue.

    Perhaps I should have told them...


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