A pro-Israeli activist residing in Dublin, Ireland, was
shocked this week when he discovered that a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
(BDS) organization had taped yellow stickers on Israeli products reading
"For justice in Palestine, Boycott Israel".
Among the many items found carrying the yellow boycott
sticker was a pack of dates from the Jordan Valley. One of the stickers read:
"Organic dates – produce of West Bank; Israeli Settlement Produce."
The call for boycott is directed not only at products made
in Israeli settlements but at Israeli products altogether – even though the
sticker notes the product was made in the West Bank. Similar stickers were
placed on other products in the Tesco supermarkets chain.
Tesco is a British chain originally established by Jewish
businessman Jack Cohen, the son of Jewish immigrants from Poland. Cohen's
grandchildren and great-grandchildren reside in Israel. The chain operates
hundreds of grocery stores in Ireland as well.
The BDS activity in Ireland is one of the most serious
anti-Israel movements in Europe. It joins the Irish policy that pushes for
marking all products from the West Bank in retail stores all over Europe.
Sources in the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem said that the
phenomenon is severe and it is not by chance that the BDS organization chose to
express its protest with a yellow sticker – which is reminiscent of dark days
of racism and incitement.
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