British labor unions agreed Thursday to support a boycott of some Israeli goods in response to the offensive in Gaza.
The boycott, approved at the annual conference of the Trades Union Congress, calls for a ban on importing goods produced in some Israeli settlements, an end to arms trading with Israel and disinvestment from some companies. Union officials said the boycott would target products including dates, herbs, fruit and vegetables grown on Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
...In a statement, union members also condemned Hamas rocket attacks on Israeli citizens.
Will they boycott Hamas?
What would they boycott?
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UPDATE
The Council of Jewish Communities of Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip said Thursday that the UK boycott on produce from beyond the Green Line constitutes "economic terror against industrialists and manufacturers, whose only sin is in living justly and morally in parts of the country where Jews lived since time immemorial...thousands of Palestinians work there. Boycotting this industry will paradoxically hurt those the boycotters think they're fighting for. The Council of Jewish Communities of Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip calls on all supporters of settling the land to deliberately buy produce from the companies on the boycotters' list," the group said in a statement.
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