Friends: there are literally billions of people in the world wishing they could help stop this ruthless masscre of Palestinian children. Few issues in the world have created as much collective outrage. The last time humanity was so ready to do something to stop a bloodthirsty apartheid regime like Israel was in the 80s when the global campaign to boycott South African Apartheid reached its peak.
Today we have a similar situation, and the world is calling for a boycott of Israel. I will not repeat all the arguments outlined in my earlier blog. Instead, I have put together some of the useful information that could help you join in or to spread the word, if you wish to.
Let me be very clear: this is not about arguing the case. It is simply an information tool for those who want to join a boycott.
Some of the info is new but most of it was floating around in various places here or on the web, and I have simply tried to sort them into useful categories. Please do chip in with any additional info. The categories are:
1. Why boycott
2. Boycott Campaign Websites and Ideas
3. Petitions
4. Companies and Brands supporting Israel
5. Information on demonstrations and other forms of action
6. Global calls for boycott
7. Israeli & Jewish peace groups
1. Why boycott: Naomi Klein: Enough. It’s time for a boycott
2. Boycott Campaign Websites and Ideas
http://www.bigcampaign.org/
The global BDS movement
http://www.mylinkspage.com/israel.html#BOY
http://www.inminds.com/boycott-israel.html
3. Petitions
American Petition Campaign
British Petition Campaign
The Network of Spiritual Progressives
4. Companies and Brands supporting Israel
Any product with ‘729’ as the first three digits of its barcode
Agriver/Flowersdirect
strawberries sold in Aldi, but also other berries, cut herbs, pomegranates, figs, peppers, passion fruit, plums, carrots, cut melons, cut mangos and many other products.
AOL Time Warner
Time Life magazine, CNN, ICQ
Apax Partners
Jonny Rockets, Sunglass Hut.
Beigel and Beigel
Sweets and Pretzels etc
Ben and Jerry’s Homemade Holdings
Carmel-Agrexco
Carmel, Coral and Jaffa
Coca-Cola
Fruitopia, Fanta, Kia Orange, Lilt, Sprite, Sunkist..
Caterpillar
Danone
HP foods, Evian, Volvic, Jacob
Dead Sea cosmetic and health products
(unless made in Jordan. Note: many Israeli Dead Sea products have the word ‘jordan’ in their name)
Delta Galil
Hema, Barbie, Carrefour, Auchan, Tchibo, Victoria’s Secret, GAP, Banana Republic, Structure, J-Crew, JC Penny, Pryca, Lindex, DIM, DKNY, Ralph Lauren, Playtex, cK, Hugo Boss, M&S
Diamonds
Choose carefully! Diamond cutting is one of the biggest export earners for Israel.
Disney
El Al (Israel’s airline)
Emblaze
Estée Lauder
Aramis, Clinique, DKNY, Prescriptives, Origins, MAC, La Mer, Bobbi Brown, Tommy Hilfiger, Jane, Donna Karan, Aveda, Stila, Jo Malone, Bumble & Bumble, Kate Spade
Home Depot
Villager’s Hardware, Georgia Lighting, Apex Supply, EXPO Design Centres
IBM
Intel
Johnson & Johnson
Kimberly-Clark
Kleenex, Kotex, Huggies, Andrex
Lewis Trust Group
River Island, Isrotel hotels, Britannia Pacific
The Limited Inc
Express stores, Lerner New York, Structure, New York & Company, Mast Industries, Intimate Brands, Victoria’s Secret, Bath & Body Works, White Barn Candle Company, Henri Bendel
L’Oreal
Giorgio Armani, Redken 5th Avenue, Lancome Paris, Vichy, Cacharel, La Roche-Posay, Garnier, Biotherm, Helena Rubinstein, Maybelline, Ralph Lauren, Carson
Marks & Spencer
McDonald’s
Motorola
Nestle
Nescafé, Perrier, Vittel, Pure Life, Carnation, Libby’s, Milkmaid, Nesquik, Maggi, Buitoni, Cross & Blackwell, KitKat, Milkybar, Quality Street, Smarties, After Eight, Aero, Polo, Lion, Felix cat food, L’Oréal
News Corporation
TV: Fox, Sky, Star, Phoenix, Granada, CNBC. UK newspapers: Standard Newspaper, News of the World, The Sun, The Times. Australian Newspapers: The Telegraph , Gold Coast Bulletin, Herald Sun, Independent, Sunday Mail. US newspapers: New York Post. Publishers: Harper Collins Ragan, Zondervan, National Geographical. Nursery World, Rawkus, NDS, Mushroom Records, ChinaByte.com, Festival Records
Nokia
Radox
(part of Sara Lee group)
Revlon
New World Entertainment, Forbes
Sara Lee
Hanes, Playtex, Champion, Leggs, Douwe Egberts, Bryan, DIM, Ambi Pur, Bali, Superior Coffee, Just My Size, Kiwi, Maison Cafe, Nur die, Pilao, Lovable, Outer Banks, Wonderbra, Sanex, Pickwick, Gossard, Body Mist, Brylcreem, Aqua Velva, Radox
Siemens
Selfridges
Starbucks
Seattle Coffee, Pasqua, Hear Music, Tazo
Timberland
Tivall
Sainsbury’s Meatfree Hot Dog Sausages and Vegetarian Sausages
Tomer
Organic Fruit and Veg sold in most Supermarkets
Volkswagen
(invests heavily in Israel)
Wines
Barkan Wines
Galil Wines
Palwin Wine
Carmel Wine
Tishbi
Binyamina
5. Information on demonstrations and other forms of peaceful action
USA: Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER)
6. Global calls for a boycott:
Time for South Africa to boycott apartheid Israel
Turkish sports fans and angered citizens took their fury over Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip to the basketball court
another basketball match never happened when the Greek team Larissa backed out of a game in Jerusalem this week.
AP reports thousands protest Gaza assault in Lebanon
Gaza prompts boycott in Malaysia
7. Israeli & Jewish peace groups:
Gush-Shalom
Jewish Peace Fellowship
B’tselem
Jews for Justice for Palestine
Remember the old saying: qat-re qat-re j’am gardad, vangahi darya shavad. (loosely translated: oceans are made up of tiny droplets of water)
This is totally doable because of our sheer numbers. It’s a simple matter of altering shopping habits as much as we can and no more.
