lunes, 4 de agosto de 2014

Juan Cole: Boycott of Israel Spreads in European Civil Society Over Gaza War, Could Cost $5 Bn/Yr - Juan Cole - Truthdig

Juan Cole: Boycott of Israel Spreads in European Civil Society Over Gaza War, Could Cost $5 Bn/Yr - Juan Cole - Truthdig

 Boycott of Israel Spreads in European Civil Society Over Gaza War, Could Cost $5 Bn/Yr

 

The ill-considered and remarkably brutal Gaza war likely will give
further impetus to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement by
Western civil society to pressure Israel on its illegal actions toward
the Palestinians.  A thoroughgoing such European set of sanctions could
cost Israel as much as $5 bn a year and more.  Roughly a third of
Israeli trade is with Europe, and the EU is Israel’s largest single
trading partner.


Unite, the largest British trade union, has now resolved to campaign for adoption of BDS against Israel.


The Sinn Fein mayor of Newry in Northern Ireland is also calling on retailers in the town to boycott Israel.