‘Boycott Israeli goods’ protest takes place in Welsh town
Stephen Price
A group which aims to draw attention to Israel’s ongoing war on occupied Palestine and the UK’s complicity held a peaceful protest calling for a boycott of Israeli goods this weekend.
Taking place on a bridge above the A4143 on the entry to Abergavenny on Saturday May 30, members of Abergavenny’s Palestine Solidarity group dropped a banner and spoke with local residents to help protest against Israel’s ‘war crimes’ and to offer information on Israeli produce on UK supermarket shelves.
Changing their approach as part of the national Palestine Support campaign to boycott Israeli goods, they met as usual at 11am opposite Waterstones before marching to the town’s Tesco supermarket to welcome new supporters and to share information about the situation for people in Gaza, before heading to the busy footbridge that joins Union Road East and West, where they displayed a banner from the bridge which reads ‘Boycott Israeli Goods’.
One of the protesters told Nation Cymru: “What can we do, faced with the enormity of the death, destruction and oppression in Gaza?
“We can refuse to buy products from companies with links to Israel such as Coca Cola, and by doing so, raise awareness and show our support for the people of Palestine.
“We know from friends with relatives in Gaza how much it means to them that they are not forgotten.
“One of the photos shows us holding up cans of Gaza Cola and yes, you can buy it in Abergavenny – from the Angel Bakery!”
Israel
Israel continues to target Gaza, with at least three people were killed on Friday morning in an Israeli attack on the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, News.Az reports, citing Al Jazeera.
An Israeli drone targeted the victims in the Al-Mawasi, Khan Younis area, leaving three dead and others injured.
The following day, on 30 May, two Palestinians were killed and several others injured in Israeli attacks in Gaza, as Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian homes and property in northern and southern parts of the occupied West Bank.
The attacks across Palestine on Saturday, the fourth day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, came amid continued Israeli violations of a United States-backed “ceasefire” implemented in October aimed at halting Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces demolished homes east of Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, further expanding the widespread destruction that has devastated residential neighbourhoods across the besieged enclave.
Al Jazeera shared: “At least 922 Palestinians have been killed and 2,786 others injured in Israeli attacks since the October “ceasefire”, according to the Gaza Media Office.
“Israel launched its genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023, killing at least 72,000 Palestinians and injuring over 172,000 others, according to Palestinian figures.”
Turning their attention to Lebanon, More than one million people in Lebanon have been displaced by the war between Israel and Hezbollah.”
At least 3,269 people have been killed in Israeli strikes since the start of the war, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry, with more than 9,800 wounded.
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I have not bought any Israeli goods since the IDF Butchers started killing the children of Gaza, and will never ever buy anything from there again.
This is who to boycott guys-
https://boycott-israel.org/boycott.html
No I phones I’m afraid !
Phones are okay, but you basically need a mediatek processor and probably Pinephone or such (which runs Linux (Manjaro) natively).
Not according to Boycott Israel.org, read what they said . Oh yes, to add – no eBay , no Amazon, No Coca Cola , No Pepsi, No Sprite , No 7up, not even Google , it’s all there in the list – a person can’t just pick and choose ! Boycott all ! Great to see many complying with that already on the response here to the article , I see
Start with boycotting the zionists first.
We should sever all ties with such an evil murdering zionist government.
Just to play Devil’s Advocate… Palestine is not exactly innocent either (admittedly the scale is different), specifically Gaza who ‘democratically’ voted Hamas into power. Yet I don’t see anyone calling for a boycott of Gaza.
What I’m trying to say here is… shouldn’t we just boycott and stay out of the Middle East entirely?
Asking the likes of Blair and Starmer to stay out of the Middle East is like asking a Cat to stay away from a Fishmonger Store.
So people should not fight back you say. there is no devils advocate postion here. Israel was cretaed, stealing Palestine away. 750k peopel displaced straight away from their homes stolen away. Ever since more land and homes taken. Would you accept that if it happened to you? I would fight hard for my right to exist.
Zionism is just. Israel has a right to exist. The Jews have a right to their own country in their ancient homeland. The Palestinians do too.
No they do not. So the house you live in, if the relatives of former occupiers came asking you’d leave happily? Your post is arrogant and disgusting
History cannot be ignored. However, millions of Israelis were born and bred there and have never known anywhere else. Saying that they have no right to exist is not a realistic path to peace. Any lasting solution has to recognise that both peoples are there to stay and that both have rights.
That does not, however, mean Israel should not be held accountable for its crimes against humanity.
Always good to see the people of Cymru doing what’s right.
I fully agree with their stance. If it was unacceptable to buy products or goods from, or to go on tours with cricket or rugby teams in, apartheid South Africa, then not buying Israeli goods is our moral duty, given that tens of thousands of innocent civilians are being murdered in occupied Palestine, and thousands more in Lebanon, Yemen, and Iran by Zionist extremists.
Very true
I honestly don’t know where my views are on this but the discusións here were articulate and helpful well done cymru