The Don't Support Israel Shopping Guide
VG | 13.08.2006 06:54 | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | Repression
A useful list of products to avoid if you want to take part in the Israeli Goods Boycott.
More information at the War on Want and at the Boycott Israeli Goods web sites.
More information at the War on Want and at the Boycott Israeli Goods web sites.
I've been putting together a list of products made by Israeli companies and those which support Israel in various ways.
Here's what I've found. Many of these are sold in local shops and in
supermarkets.
FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
The countries of origin will change from week to week, so the safest
thing to do is always read the label to check. Israel exports lots of
tomatoes, avocados, potatoes, mangoes, figs, dates, lychees, herbs...
all sorts of stuff... also flowers.
60% of Israeli fresh fruit and vegetable exports end up in the UK,
making the UK by far the most important importer for Israel. Agrexco
(trading as Carmel in the UK) is the main exporter and is 50% owned by
the Israeli state. This reliance on the UK market means a UK boycott of Israeli fresh produce could prove very effective.
KRAFT
Dairylea products and Philadelphia soft cheeses etc. Oreo biscuits,
Planters peanuts, Capri fruit juice drinks, Ritz Crackers, Milka milk
chocolate.
NESTLE (trades under many different names)
Cereals; chocolate and sweets; Nescafe; Nesquik; Perrier, Vittel and
Buxton Mineral Waters; Ski & Sveltesse yoghurts and lots of other
chilled desserts with Nestle brand; Maggi soups; Bonio, Go-Kat, Gourmet,
Winalot, Bakers, Beta, Propian, One and Felix pet foods; Libby's
products (including organic fruit juice); Buitoni Italian products;
Herta frankfurters; Fussell's and Carnation condensed/evaporate d milks;
L'Oreal cosmetics, shampoo etc. - L'Oreal has recently bought out the
Body Shop.
DANONE
Yoghurts (including Activia/Actimel) , Jacob's biscuits and cakes, HP
foods, Lee & Perrins sauces etc., Evian and Volvic bottled water.
KIMBERLEY-CLARK
Tissues, nappies, sanitary products: brands include Pull-Ups, Huggies,
Kleenex, Scott, Kotex, Depend. Andrex.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON
Baby lotion and other baby products, sticking plasters, Reach dental
care products, amongst other things. Also Benecol cholesterol- lowering
products and Splenda sweeteners.
SARA LEE
World's largest clothing manufacturer: brands include gossard, lovable,
wonderbra and playtex underwear; Pretty Polly tights; Brylcreem; Sanex
and Radox body care products.
ESTEE LAUDER
Beauty products.
REVLON
Cosmetics etc.
COCA-COLA
Loads of other reasons to boycott this company as well as its
support for Israeli policies.
DELTA
Clothing sold under brand names such as Marks and Spencer, Calvin Klein,
Gap.
SAINSBURY'S
Own brand frozen veggie hotdogs are made by Tivall.
Worth a read - the new War on Want report "Profiting from the
Occupation" which can be downloaded from http://www.waronwant.org/?lid=10004
The report accuses Sainsbury's, Tescos and Waitrose, amongst others, of
selling produce marked as "made in Israel" but which is actually
produced on illegally occupied settlements.
For example:
Beigel and Beigel snacks - this company operates from the West Bank
settlement of Barkan.
Barkan wine from the same settlement.
Yarden wine from the Golan Heights.
Soda Stream products.
There's a good section at the end of the report about what you can do to
challenge this.
Other companies profiting from the occupation in various ways include:
Caterpillar (branded shoes and clothes etc. as well as bulldozers), JCB,
Volvo, Daewoo, Carmel.
There is a list of companies to boycott at the BIG campaign site:
http://www.bigcampaign.org/
Hope that's helpful.
Here's what I've found. Many of these are sold in local shops and in
supermarkets.
FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
The countries of origin will change from week to week, so the safest
thing to do is always read the label to check. Israel exports lots of
tomatoes, avocados, potatoes, mangoes, figs, dates, lychees, herbs...
all sorts of stuff... also flowers.
60% of Israeli fresh fruit and vegetable exports end up in the UK,
making the UK by far the most important importer for Israel. Agrexco
(trading as Carmel in the UK) is the main exporter and is 50% owned by
the Israeli state. This reliance on the UK market means a UK boycott of Israeli fresh produce could prove very effective.
KRAFT
Dairylea products and Philadelphia soft cheeses etc. Oreo biscuits,
Planters peanuts, Capri fruit juice drinks, Ritz Crackers, Milka milk
chocolate.
NESTLE (trades under many different names)
Cereals; chocolate and sweets; Nescafe; Nesquik; Perrier, Vittel and
Buxton Mineral Waters; Ski & Sveltesse yoghurts and lots of other
chilled desserts with Nestle brand; Maggi soups; Bonio, Go-Kat, Gourmet,
Winalot, Bakers, Beta, Propian, One and Felix pet foods; Libby's
products (including organic fruit juice); Buitoni Italian products;
Herta frankfurters; Fussell's and Carnation condensed/evaporate d milks;
L'Oreal cosmetics, shampoo etc. - L'Oreal has recently bought out the
Body Shop.
DANONE
Yoghurts (including Activia/Actimel) , Jacob's biscuits and cakes, HP
foods, Lee & Perrins sauces etc., Evian and Volvic bottled water.
KIMBERLEY-CLARK
Tissues, nappies, sanitary products: brands include Pull-Ups, Huggies,
Kleenex, Scott, Kotex, Depend. Andrex.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON
Baby lotion and other baby products, sticking plasters, Reach dental
care products, amongst other things. Also Benecol cholesterol- lowering
products and Splenda sweeteners.
SARA LEE
World's largest clothing manufacturer: brands include gossard, lovable,
wonderbra and playtex underwear; Pretty Polly tights; Brylcreem; Sanex
and Radox body care products.
ESTEE LAUDER
Beauty products.
REVLON
Cosmetics etc.
COCA-COLA
Loads of other reasons to boycott this company as well as its
support for Israeli policies.
DELTA
Clothing sold under brand names such as Marks and Spencer, Calvin Klein,
Gap.
SAINSBURY'S
Own brand frozen veggie hotdogs are made by Tivall.
Worth a read - the new War on Want report "Profiting from the
Occupation" which can be downloaded from http://www.waronwant.org/?lid=10004
The report accuses Sainsbury's, Tescos and Waitrose, amongst others, of
selling produce marked as "made in Israel" but which is actually
produced on illegally occupied settlements.
For example:
Beigel and Beigel snacks - this company operates from the West Bank
settlement of Barkan.
Barkan wine from the same settlement.
Yarden wine from the Golan Heights.
Soda Stream products.
There's a good section at the end of the report about what you can do to
challenge this.
Other companies profiting from the occupation in various ways include:
Caterpillar (branded shoes and clothes etc. as well as bulldozers), JCB,
Volvo, Daewoo, Carmel.
There is a list of companies to boycott at the BIG campaign site:
http://www.bigcampaign.org/
Hope that's helpful.
VG
Comments
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....as you sip your latte,
13.08.2006 07:18
Cafine
coca cola?
13.08.2006 07:49
support for Israeli policies. "
err ... can you explain in which way this company "support for Israeli policies"??
think
Coca-Cola
13.08.2006 08:35
In October 2005, Coca-Cola increased its investment in Israel by buying a 51 percent controlling interest in the Tavor Winery.
VG
More coke
13.08.2006 08:40
On October 11th 2001, Coca-Cola World Headquarters hosted the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce Eagle Star Awards Gala in which “Israeli Company of the Year”, “Israeli Technology of the Year”, etc. awards were given out by Israel’s Economic Minister to North America. The Coca-Cola Company was also the Platinum sponsor of the whole event.
VG
check out www.bigcampaign.org
13.08.2006 10:59
big
e-mail: info@bigcampaign.org
Homepage: http://www.bigcampaign.org
Two small points
13.08.2006 11:40
2) Can you not see the irony here? How productive little Israel is, with no natural resources and constantly fighting for its very existence, yet she manages to produce all these goodies that you want no part of; Meanwhile those "poor" Palestinians, with all the oil wealth that their "loyal" brothers will not share with them, have yet to produce anything of value besides suicide bombers and plane hijacking.
Boycott away. Your loss is our gain. At least now I know which products to look for and request if necessary.
ank
unconsuming
13.08.2006 19:08
60% of Israeli fresh produce may come to the UK, but it's only a small percentage of our fresh produce so I doubt we'll go hungry either.
Apart from the fresh produce, I thought the food list made rather unhealthy eating.
Bon Appetit.
VG
Intel
13.08.2006 21:37
Omanis and Bahranis (BTW Oman and Bahrain are arab gulf states - I point this out becasue you probably only know Iraq, Israel, Lebanon and Syria) are happy to trade with Israel, it just the naive westerners who think they are making a diffrrence. You are not.
IT Dept
igence
14.08.2006 01:00
Bahrain was bribed by the US to end the boycott with Israel but that doesn't mean the two populations trade - and if Bahrain was a democracy then it would still boycott Israel, as their parliament voted to do. The Jerusalem Post doubt your supposed Omani trade - Boycott of Israel still in effect, Omani official tells ’Post’.
If naive westereners don't make any difference then you wouldn't be here to propagandise.
Danny
Don't forget
14.08.2006 13:38
Sadam
Another very good site
14.08.2006 16:05
Stop Armageddon
Homepage: http://www.mylinkspage.com/israel.html
Thanks for the info and links
14.08.2006 17:24
VG