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UK labor unions approve Israeli goods boycott
Associated Press
Published: 17.09.09, 16:33
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1. Fine, we'll be taking back our medical and technical produce
Yonah ,   Tel Aviv, Israel   (09.17.09)
If they will boycott us Jews then why don't we ban the use of medical products and procedures developed here in Israel from use in the UK. While we are at it we should also bar use of our technical services and product as well as any defense related items that they use that was developed here. Two can play at this game you ignorant fools.
2. Time to Boycott UK products
Raphy ,   Montreal   (09.17.09)
3. Britisth AntiSemites
Brod ,   USA   (09.17.09)
These British AntiSemites led by Satan can go to Hell. They are no different to their counterpart-the Islamist-Jihadists. In fact, in WWII, they were in cahoots in murdering 6 million Jews in the Holocaust. Today, their tentacles have spread all over the Western world as their latent goal is for world domination.
4. this is actually old news
me ,   israel   (09.17.09)
the only difference is that the boycott just got finalized.
5. It is a pity to see the
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"Great" Britain reduced to a petty, biased, muslim-infested country.
6. Bravo British Trade Union Congress!!
Kim ,   Australia   (09.17.09)
7. Double Standards
larry ,   phila, USA   (09.17.09)
By these standards does this mean that the english are getting out of Scotland and Ireland? I know that a lot of Americans both Jews and Christians will now boycott england.
8. So they're not using cell-phones?
Adam ,   Boulder, USA   (09.17.09)
Since the cell phone is an Israeli invention, they should be boycotting the use of them... along with all of the other huge Israeli inventions.
9. #1 #2 is that gonna make difference ?
saher   (09.17.09)
that will increase the requests on UK products from arabs and muslims many times than the israeli's get which is good to the UK economy its the same as UK goes anti-semitism as many arabs and muslims goes to learn there you could imagine the difference bt. numbers of arabs and jews
10. apartheid israel will be end loser of a worldwide boycott
palestinian ,   dc   (09.17.09)
israelis must be rational and re-think whether they can take on a worldwide economic boycott. realistically, israel is highly dependent on other nations for a variety of goods and services, especially from america. israel should end its racist apartheid policies against the native palestinian people if it wants to be taken seriously by the outside world.
11. Big Deal
Yaron ,   USA   (09.17.09)
The Brits are so damned pretentious and pompous. The nerve of these two-faced fools to even suggest a boycott underscores the ingrained hatred and anti-semitism that defines modern-day England. I am proud to say that I NEVER will buy British products but more importantly they will eventually eat their words. What a shitty insignificant bunch the Brits are today!
12. Let them curse themselves (end)
Joseph ,   Malta   (09.17.09)
13. First, they came for the settlers.
Jake   (09.17.09)
14. This is only muslum infiltrated unions, not the government,
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (09.17.09)
not the real people. This should have all the effect of a fly buzzing around, annoying but no threat.
15. Trade with Russia.
Steven Wilson ,   Anchorage, Alaska   (09.17.09)
I hate to say it......but Israel should really consider abandoning the western governments at this time in history. While a good deal of the citizens support Israel in the United States.......the government screws Israel at every juncture.
16. Yonah, EU imports 3rd of Israeli produce, soon will b nowt
Clear ,   London   (09.17.09)
Then you'll see or do you think that what we get from Israel can't be purchased somewhere else? pathetic
17. boycott
David ,   USA, exile   (09.17.09)
It is time for someone to organize a boycott of all British products by all people world wide who love Israel. Let's get it done! How long are we going to set idol and allow the hate of the people of Avraham, Yitzak, and Ya'acov? Let's have nothing to do with the stinking British.
18. BDS...coming soon to a supermarket near you
Nour ,   Palestine   (09.17.09)
19. Sack every single palestinian.
CJ ,   Paris. France   (09.17.09)
20. boycott of goods produced in illegal Settlements
Alian ,   London   (09.17.09)
When will you losers stop whinging. Evry one who raises a disapproving voice is and Antisemite. If that s the case count me in. Im a Londoner and i will not buy Dates from here on in (i dont even like the damn things), especially if they are from Israel. Damn i must be the biggest Anti Semite in the world. Also we fought and lost millions of men and women also and saved your sorry A$$es from the Germans. So dont you dare tell me us Brits were complicit in the murder of 6 million (pfffff What ever) jews. PS: You are the biggest cry babies ever. Atleast the hamas guys have balls. You guys moan and cry about every thing. Its really tiresome.
21. UK MoD buys Israeli system
La Cumparsita ,   London UK   (09.17.09)
The British ministry of Defence has recently purchased the Radwin communications system for use by the British Army in Afghanistan! Good job Israel doesn't boycott the UK (yet)
22. ISRAEL IMPORTS FROM BRITS: YELLOW TEETH,
.....DACON9   (09.17.09)
DISRESPECT FOR THEIR ONLY FRINED IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE BRITS TOOK AWAY LAND FROM ISRAEL 1917 AND *CREATED* A FAKE JORDANIAN EMPIRE. Jordan is Israeli land 85%. brits have always upset countries like India brits have dont nothing NOTHING FOR THE WORLD EVEN SHAKESPEAK CANT SPEAK WELL , EXAMPLE THOUEST AND DOETH , AND WHERE FORE ART THOU.. I MEAN WHAT KINDA SPEECH IS DAT DER HUH? BRITS WE CAN DO WITHOUT THE BRITS AND MY EX WIFE
23. Brits just freed Lockerbie terrorist for an oil deal
Ken Jurist   (09.17.09)
Who should be shocked. Brits just freed Lockerbie terrorist for an oil deal with Libya. The British are trying to give out another White paper.
24. Aren't trade unions supposed to focus on domestic issues?
William ,   Israel   (09.17.09)
Seems anathema to the entire concept of having a trade union if their focus is more on what other countries do rather than on their own domestic labor issues. I find it hard to understand why TUC focuses on Israel when job loses are increasing in the UK as across the world, with lax immigration policies causing an abundance of cheap labor, squeezing the average UK native out. Tibi's remark that this helps the peace process is based on his own hatred of all things Israeli. To help the peace process, having a balanced perspective and forcing Pals to build an economy instead of weapons goes further than boycotting products from settlements, which actually employ Palestinians. So, because Tibi is such a friend of Palestinians, he will help 100 families go hungry while he sleeps easy knowing he drove another nail into the back of Israeli society.
25. #4, actually it is old non-news
Danny   (09.17.09)
It is the same old trick. Repeatedly re-issue the same release and the churnalists will pick up on it and print it uncritically. Meanwhile people just see boycott and war crime and Israel over and over. I mean boycott dates grown in settlements? Anyone think this will make the blindest difference?
26. UK Boycott
Shuli ,   Londstan, UK   (09.17.09)
Israel should stopt the supply, to the Uk market, of the chip that goes in over 90% of mobile phones
27. No Problem For Israel
Bill Foonman ,   Jacksonville USA   (09.17.09)
It is highly unlikely that these U.K. union mopes have ever even tasted dates, herbs, fruit and vegetables - period. Let them stick to their world-renowned artery-clogging diet which possibly influenced their thinking process and caused them to make this asinine decision in the first place.
28. British Fools: the Sun has st on Britain, a second rate joke
ziggy zion ,   smaria   (09.17.09)
the british are patheic .. they cozy up to lybia for oil money and lecture israel on morality. they can have their boycott, i will not buy British and that includes Burrberry among othr brands. Bu the boycott is fine by me, as i see it, hashem has once again set the stage for our attackers defeat .. we saw it with the violence between muslims and brits as the brit push back on their taking over the country. Pretty soon they will replace , G-d Save the Queen, with G-d Save our Muslin Nation. I can hardly wait to see the those english lords operate with sharia law.
29. The Medicine has Become the Disease
Dallas ,   Canada   (09.17.09)
The liberals are completely aligned with totalitarianism, which of course goes against the liberal concept of freedom and justice in the first place. Their irrational hatred for all the West stands for has trumped their common sense. Evil is good, and good is evil. UK is gone.
30. Boycott UK products? What's there to boycott?
Raymond in DC ,   Washington, USA   (09.17.09)
Hands up, all those in the US or Israel who have purchased a product from the UK in the last year! The arrogance - the chutzpah, if you will - of those moral midgets in the UK never ceases to amaze. Yeah, they think they will hurt Israel because they deny it a few million dollars in military goods. But do you think the UK armed forces want to do without Israeli technology? Do you think the NHS wants to do without Israeli made drugs, or London's electronic shops want to do without the latest Intel CPUs (now made in Kiryat Gat)? They don't. Seriously, the sun set on the British Empire years ago. Its technology and industrial leadership is just a memory. Sadly, their arrogance is still with us.
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