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European groups: Boycott H&M over Israel stores
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Published: 11.03.10, 15:10
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1. boycott
david ,   london   (03.11.10)
please can ikea be added to the boycott (following their recent store opening) as i find the queues there awful and could do with a few less people visiting...
2. Dror Feiler
Irate in Israel   (03.11.10)
Isn't that the lunatic anti-Semitic guy who made the pro-suicide bomber "art" exhibit? Figures.
3. Dror Feiler talks about 'crimes'...
Tahl ,   Ashdod, Israel   (03.11.10)
That's quite rich, for the same person who glorified the Palestinian woman who detonated herself in a Haifa restaurant and murdered 20 people including babies. In his 'art' exhibit, this bozo presented her as pure and beautiful and innocent as Snow White, sailing on a pool of red blood of her victims. In other words, her homicidal bombing was OK and understandable with him, but Israel defending herself in Cast Lead is considered 'crimes'. Could someone please give this idiot a healthy kaffa to straighten his twisted mind?
4. the israeli nationalist beg REFAELI to...
one Eye Jack   (03.11.10)
dump and boycott DICAPRIO,,,,Tit for Tat
5. European Jews for a Just Peace
Maurice ,   Montreal   (03.11.10)
Another bunch of self-hating jews! Shame on them all.
6. H & M
Leon ,   Los Angeles   (03.11.10)
I sent an email to the marketing department of H & M telling them that I would visit their stores and purchase items, BECAUSE they opened stores in Israel. Please do the same and make their decision to open stores in Israel a positive one.
7. Swedish cartoonists
eddie ,   london UK   (03.11.10)
Are being threatened by Muslims, yet, they are supproting the same muslim extremists who attack Jews in malmo. In any case, H+M is really low quality products, and i wish they would shut down their stores in UK.
8. oh dear, what those orgs will do when
ghostq   (03.11.10)
they find out there is swedish Israeli military cooperation. the swede troopers r in Israel, so let them boy cotte their own country. :P
9. Unlike Israeli war crimes, H&M in TA is a FACT!
William ,   Israel   (03.11.10)
Another snub to the egotistical Leftists who feel good about vilifying others based on rumors and self-loathing. I welcome H&M, I shop at H&M, and I will recommend H&M. And while I'm at it, I will furnish my house with items from IKEA while I invite Leftist NGOs, the Swedes, and Hamas (not much differentiation there) to kiss my ass!
10. #1 - a boycott would drive more traffic to IKEA
William ,   Israel   (03.11.10)
If you want to keep people away from IKEA, tell the public that only "squares" shop there.
11. who need them
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12. H&M
Olah   (03.11.10)
Oh give it up already!!!!! You are always boycotting Israel......rather spend your time and efforts to be better human beings and stop teaching your kids to hate Jews and other "infidels". Get a life!!!!!
13. Just had to laugh to myself
Joel ,   SA, USA   (03.11.10)
Found myself laughing quietly in my office while reading this article. Muslims boycotting a fashion store. Kind of funny. Found myself wondering what a "fashion" burqa looks like. I don't think H&M will miss losing whatever muslim shoppers they lose. Still trying to figure out what a "fashion" burqa would look like.
14. have some integrity and also boycott Israeli meds, hi-tech
Yaniv ,   Israel   (03.11.10)
15. H & K To Open Outlet In Gaza
emanon ,   USA   (03.11.10)
In an effort to boost their arms sales, H&K is in talks with Gaza leaders, as soon as they can figure out who is in charge, to open a wholesale outlet in Gaza. Soon all terrorists will be able to purchase high quality precision made weapons and they can abandon their cheap Russian surplus and Chinese copies of the AK series of weapons now favored.
16. Are There H&M Stores in US I Can Patronize?
emanon ,   USA   (03.11.10)
17. "European Jews That Are Ashamed To Be Jewish"
Seth ,   Washington, DC   (03.11.10)
18. Umm..this store opening is in Tel Aviv
J K ,   NYC, USA   (03.11.10)
Why protest a store opening in somewhere that is legitimately inside Israel? I guess if it were in the 'territories' I could understand more (barely), but unless you are taking the position that none of Israel belongs to the Jews, then I guess you'd have a point. In either case, GFYS.
19. Self Destructive Behavior
Johnz52 ,   USA   (03.11.10)
From most of the posts Israelis and their supporters just don't get it. The pendulum is swinging. The EU has endorsed the Goldstone Report. President Obama has reiterated his stand for the creation of a sovereign Palestinian State. Israel's refusal to see these signals as a changing tide will be its downfall. For all the bravado being posted here I don't think there is an Israeli alive who really believes it would be better for them if all U.S. financial and military aid were cut off. I find it hard to believe that Israelis believe it would be better for them if the E.U. isolated Israel. this type of thinking is nothing short of self-destructive. But then I guess this also will fuel the fires for whining about all those anti-semities. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Israel's turn is coming.
20. the GAGA's
tiki ,   belgium   (03.11.10)
These 'protesters are getting more ridiculous by the day. Don't they have a 'real job to go to? Probably not, because 'normal and serious people don't have the time to 'protest every 'peeps. By the way....did they 'protest the murder of 500 innocent Christians last week-end in Nigeria by Muslims??????
21. Bring Primark to Israel!
Karen ,   Tel Aviv   (03.11.10)
Yallah, now that H&M is here, it's time to get Primark to make aliyah too! http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=358373012962&ref=nf
22. Everybody should boycott H&M worldwide ...
Lee ,   Manchester UK   (03.11.10)
they use children in Asian sweatshops to make their cheap tat. I thought Israel was above the 3rd rate cheap clothes retailers. But these hijackers of Sweden just enjoy violating the countries laws that they feed off just because they hate Jews. Oh and Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, Druze, Zoroastrians, Buddhists and just about everybody else. Sweden is dying from the inside.
23. This is the story of cancer.
Len ,   Florida, USA   (03.11.10)
When these anti-semites speak out against Jews/Israel with words of boycott. What world view are the promoting? Sexism, honor killings, teaching hate to their young, racism and intolerance. Where in the Middle East can any minority survive? There is no democracy with respect for dissent. Why do the ignorant buy into this garbage. If the other side of this struggle were to win---these ignorant people would be put in camps or stoned to death by oppressors they support. Before you speak out against Jews--please think. Be rational--do not lose your sanity--do not follow others---who are solely motivated by destroying Jews. How ironic? Jewish culture has always produced those who seek to defend the oppressed. To engage your efforts on these anti-Israel tirades with all the evils in the world only highlights the cancer of anti-semitism. We need to find a cure for this insanity.
24. Boycott Sweden now !
Jaacov Baumann   (03.11.10)
Enough is enough - boycott swedish products ! Boycott IKEA, boycott Volvo etc. !
25.  H&M
sas ,   israel   (03.12.10)
why is eveyone so hysterical??????? they certainly are not top of the of the line, actually the are quite cheap. there childen's clothes are fine - but they grow so quickly that one hardly sees how long they really last. Israelis do over react. guess if we sell real garbage they will run after it too.' were are our morals??????????
26. H&M Marketing
Anon ,   Johannesburg   (03.12.10)
Free advertising worldwide, after 3 months Muslims will forget who or what they hate seeing as they hate anything and everything non muslim... and all they will remember is H&M... mmm must be good cause its famous. H&M sales worlwide will def increase. Great move for H&M bank account.
27. BDS: what it really means is BLATANT DOUBLE STANDARDS.
Zvi   (03.12.10)
28. #19
Gazer ,   Israel   (03.12.10)
I don't need you. You need me.
29. always a first time
Golani ,   Deal, USA   (03.12.10)
I have never set foot in and H&M store, howewver with this "advertising campaign", I will now make sure thatI go to an H&M store sometime over the weekend and in support of H&M having opened a store in Israel with plans of more, I will make sure to support them as much as possible.
30. No. 4
NYC Girl   (03.12.10)
Apparently, you're missing more than just an eye. Leonardo DiCaprio isn't the problem....it's Bar Rafaeli herself. It has nothing to do with whoever she's dating...and it isn't only "nationalists" who think she's a shithead.
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