Join the BUYcott
David Frankfurter
http://dfrankfurter.livejournal.com/122313.html
The BDS
(Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement is becoming increasingly
strident, using every conceivable tactic to delegitimise Israel in every
forum. Academic, trade and industrial boycotts are called - often using tricks
and lies that we are all sick of hearing. Generally, the impact in
economic terms is small. But often, the campaigns and counter-campaigns
surrounding each proposed boycott generates so much publicity, that even
unsuccessful campaigns generate significant damage to Israel's standing in the
world court of public opinion.
Letters to the editor, to academic institutions or
shop owners targeted, and all the "usual" activities are important.
But friends around the globe who have been faced with boycotts in their
local communities have told me from personal experience that there is one
tactic that has consistently proved a winner. A Buycott.
Wherever a boycott is announced or threatened,
local supporters go out and BUY the
product involved. They let their friends know and ask them to help.
And then they let the store owners know how pleased you were with the
purchase. And after the boycott has failed, go back and buy again. Make
the boycott a long term a bonus for the store and for Israel!
Faced with failure, Palestinians have resorted to
exaggeration and barefaced lies to encourage their activists around the world
to keep up the program.
Here's the latest example from the Palestinian Maan News Agency, which
reports a claim by the Palestinian responsible , Omer Qabaha, that one
such success of his BDS activities is that the Israeli
dairy Tara has moved its manufacturing plant from
"occupied" Katzrin in the Golan Heights.
So I checked, and got the following reply:
Dear David,
Tara has no factory on the
Golan Heights and there were never any products marketed under the name Tara
processed at the dairy processing plant on the Golan
Shabbat Shalom
Ralph Ginsberg
Israel Dairy Board
So there!
Join in a successful campaign for Israel!
Ask your stores to stock Israeli products, look for them, buy them, talk about
them and encourage your friends to buy them. If you are in business, look
for ways to promote Israeli products in your product range or include them in
your manufacturing processes. If you need a starting point, I would be
pleased to help you source Israeli inputs. Then, if you are really lucky,
someone will declare a boycott and help promote your business.
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