There’s no getting away from it. Boycotting the Jewish state is not a good way to win friends and influence people. From Norway:
Staples, a large Norwegian department store chain, announced in December that it was going to stop selling SodaStream products from Israel following pressure from the local workers Union and pro-Palestinian groups.
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Staples claimed they stopped selling the product because it sold poorly. Following a campaign by MIFF, Staples reversed its decision and returned to selling SodaStream. MIFF notified Staples it would publicize that Staples was a boycotting company, thus potentially hindering its international sales. Staples announced: “We want to make it clear: We still sells SodaStream. We take no position on political issues.”
As I contend, BDS will hurt boycotters more than it will hurt Israel. Israel’s trade with Norway, despite a hostile political class and plenty of anti Israel rhetoric in the media there, has grown for the last five straight years.
The political class is not quite as hostile since voters elected a conservative government. And it’s more than just SodaStream. Norway is angling for a trade deal involving their North Sea oil and Israel’s Mediterranean natural gas.
The political class is not quite as hostile since voters elected a conservative government. And it’s more than just SodaStream. Norway is angling for a trade deal involving their North Sea oil and Israel’s Mediterranean natural gas.
heck of a country Norway heck of a Muslim jewhate vocal minority too
heck of a country Norway heck of a Muslim jewhate vocal minority too