N.Y. activists: Siege on Gaza isn't sweet, boycott Max Brenner

[Cees Binkhorst]

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Het is natuurlijk niet toevallig dat je aan een product niet kunt zien
waar het vandaan komt.
Betwijfel echter of Max Brenner er iets aan kan doen.

Groet / Cees

N.Y. activists: Siege on Gaza isn't sweet, boycott Max Brenner
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/n-y-activists-siege-on-gaza-isn-t-sweet-boycott-max-brenner-1.292863

Six activists drape banner from Israeli-owned cafe at Union Square; say
Israel bans chocolate importation into Gaza.
By TheMarker

Six activists on Friday hoisted a banner from the Max Brenner chocolate
store in Manhattan's Union Square, calling on New Yorkers to boycott the
Israeli–owned business over Israel's siege on the Gaza Strip.
Chocolate dish served at Max Brenner cafe. 	

"The siege on Gaza isn't sweet: Boycott Max Brenner," the banner read.

In a statement, activists said that Israel had banned imports of sweets
and chocolates into Gaza since Hamas militants siezed power there in 2007.

One activist said that while the alleged chocolate ban in Gaza was not
an egregious human rights violation, it still illustrated the absurdity
of the siege.

Earlier, over 200 activists marched through Times Square to demonstrate
against Israel's declared decision to stop the 'Freedom Flotilla' - a
convoy of protesters set to leave Cyprus on Saturday in an attempt to
deliver aid to to Gaza.

Over the past year several organizations in both the United States and
Europe have urged an economic embargo on Israel until the siege is lifted.

Last week, two Italian supermarkets announced plans to stop selling all
Israeli products, saying they could not differentiate between produce
from West Bank settlements and goods manufactured on Israeli soverign
territory inside the Green Line.

Italian grocery chains Coop Italia and Nordiconad will remove all
Israeli products from their shelves by the end of the month, according
to the website of Stop Camel-Agrexco  - an Italian based coalition that
campaigns for a boycott on one of Israel's top agricultural exporters.

In a statement, Coop Italia cited problems with traceability.

"The consumer is unable to verify whether or not the product in question
comes from the occupied territories," it said.

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