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Call to boycott the boycotters

May 10, 2012 13:37

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Marcus Dysch,

Marcus Dysch

1 min read

Supporters of Israel are being encouraged to boycott Co-operative supermarkets in response to the collective's refusal to stock produce from Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

The Co-op is the fifth biggest food retailer in the country. It extended its policy to bar engagement with any Israeli suppliers known to work with the settlements last month.

Israel advocacy group Stand With Us launched a "Don't Co-operate with Co-op" campaign this week, sending supporters a form which can be filled in and handed to staff in local stores or sent by email to Co-op regional board members.

The form promoting the counter-boycott states: "I do not co-operate with Co-op's discriminatory anti-Israel boycotts."

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