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Joe Millis

Opinion

Who's threatening to boycott whom?

April 3, 2011 18:59
1 min read

Someone has claimed that Arabs aren't boycotting the Rami Levy Shops in Israel and the occupied territories. But, in an attempt to create confusion, that person ignored the original claim, to whit it was the settlers who were threatening to boycott Rami Levy if he didn't get rid of the Arabs in his shops.

Some residents of neighboring towns oppose the employment of Palestinians in the store – which is not located within a Jewish settlement – and are even threatening to boycott the supermarket.

According to the organization Lehava, a Hebrew acronym for The Prevention of Assimilation in the Holy Land, Rami Levy stores such as these can lead Jewish girls into the arms of Arab men. One of the directors of Lehava, who identified himself only by his first name – Bentzi – says there have been at least three instances of Jewish employees becoming romantically involved with Arab employees in the Betar Illit, Bnei Brak and Ramat Gan branches of the supermarket. One of the cases allegedly involved a married woman who left her husband and moved to an Arab village, and has since returned...
“When we walked in, my kids asked me if it was safe to come in here, since we educate them to be cautious of Arabs.” She added that although “there are a lot of Jewish workers in the store, there would be even more if the Arabs weren’t employed here.”

Oh dear, it seems they are now worried about the backlash of children who have been brainwashed. Oh, and they are also worried about Jews and non-Jews mixing in their gilded ghetto.

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