WE DON'T CARE IF OUR PEOPLE HAVE TO EAT GRASS, IT WON'T BE ISRAELI GRASS.
In a Times of Israel/Start-up Daily article heded PA announces boycott of Israeli food manufacturers readers learn that The PA ruled that it would ban the sale of products made by Israeli food manufacturers Strauss, Tnuva, Osem, Prigat, and Jafora, senior Fatah official Mahmoud al-Alul said at a press conference. He said the move would take effect on Wednesday.
Al-Alul and his masters made the move in retaliation for Jerusalem’s freeze of Palestinian tax funds collected on Ramallah’s behalf.
Why are the nasty Israel's withholding tax monies? Israel claims because of the PA moves to bring Israel before the International Criminal Court for war crimes committed when it defended itself against attacks from Gaza and because the PA, in defiance of the so-called Oslo Accords, is pushing for full membership in the anti-Semitic UN. Imagine.
Ignoring the current reasons for the freeze on taxes to the PA, Israel still is owned millions of shekels for electricity, a debt that has been passed on to the Israeli electric user in the form of higher rates.
And then there is the humanitarian aid given both high ranking PA officials and their families and the average PA citizen who come to Israel for medical care unavailable in the PA controlled areas.
As for me, I will make it a point to buy the boycotted products wherever they are available; I don't care how many pounds I put on eating Osem snacks and drinking Prigat grapefruit drink.
If the PA wants to boycott some of Israel's products, I think Israel should cut off all sales to the PA. At the same time, assure that PA residents who have permits to work in Israel don't smuggle any Israeli-made products into the PA and perhaps set up currency exchanges so PA laborers exchange Israeli currency for PA currency on their way home.
To be fair, if PA residents are prohibited from receiving medical training and care in Israel, Israel must provide a corridor between Ramallah and Jordan where PA residents can go for medical care.
Unlike their sympathizers in Europe and North America who have alternatives to Strauss, Tnuva, Osem, Prigat, and Jafora products, the residents of the PA have far fewer options, albeit there ARE options.
Just a thought.
