Why Boycott
Israeli Goods?
Enough is enough!
It's time to stop the killing!
Both sides need to embrace the peace process.
Only economic
pressure will convince Israel to end the occupation.
It's time for
Israel to withdraw from the Occupied
Territories of the West Bank, Gaza and the Golan Heights!
It's time that
Palestinians had their own country!
It's time that
Israel stopped the economic blockades and their numbing, overpowering
control over the lives of Palestinians!
It's time that
Israel conformed to UN resolutions!
It's time for
the illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank to be shut down
and abandoned!
It's time that
the Apartheid Wall was pulled down!
It's time to
be as concerned about about Palestinian security as Israeli security!
Both peoples need security.
It's time that
Israel knows that we won't tolerate the absorption of the West Bank
and Gaza into 'Greater Israel'.
For national
information contact The Big Campaign
http://www.bigcampaign.org/
Boycott Israeli
Companies
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Boycott Israeli
Goods in Hastings
All large shops
in Hastings and throughout the South East (Morrison's, Tesco, Sainsbury,
Lidl, Waitrose) stock some Israeli produce.
Most produce
(except flowers) is labelled clearly, so it is possible to find
alternatives.
Peppers
Many of the
sweet capsicum peppers (red, yellow, green) sold in Britain in winter
are sourced in Israel. Some are grown in illegal West Bank settler
communities. In most stores it is still possible to buy peppers
from Spain or Holland or even better, from the UK.
Grapefruit
Many sold in
Hastings are of Israeli origin.
Avocados
Are a very
large export from Israel to Britain.
Fresh herbs
Most fresh
herb selections sold in Hastings include products grown in Israel.
Watch the labels carefully, and choose products grown right here
in England.
Flowers
Israel is a
very large exporter of greenhouse grown flowers. Unlike fruit and
vegetables flowers are rarely labelled as to origin. Any bouquet
of mixed flowers is likely to contain at least one variety of Israeli
origin. If your florist can't tell you where every flower is from,
choose not to buy that bouquet at all. On Valentine's day, express
your love with Fair Trade chocolate instead.
Other
Watch for sweet
potatoes, melons, tomatoes, sharon fruit, pomegranate seeds, citrus
(orange, lemons, etc), passion fruit, cherry tomatoes, dates. The
brand name 'Carmel' is often a clue to Israeli origin.
Ask the manager
of your local supermarket to stop stocking Israeli goods. Failing
that, ask them to make sure that all flowers are labelled as to
origin. Ask them to ensure that there are always alternatives to
Israeli products available for purchase.
Still Breathing,
A Report from Gaza
by Caoimme
Butterly - an Irish human rights activist working in Jabaliya
and Gaza City as a volunteer with ambulance services and as co-coordinator
for the Free Gaza Movement. She spoke at a Hastings Against War
meeting last year.
To read her full
article on Gaza click here
Hastings Against
War meets Brighton Tubas Solidarity Friendship Group
Our guests
from Brighton described their project working in a small community
of the Tubas region of the West Bank. Their goal is to foster links
between people in the region of Tubas, occupied Palestine, and groups
in Brighton. Several people from the group have been to the Tubas
region and have helped to defend local people building a school.
They felt that one thing that people in Hastings could do to counter
the Israeli policy of ethnic cleansing in the West Bank is to support
the boycott of Israeli products.
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