Norway: Parliament shuns Israeli products

[Scurrilous]

A regional parliament has ruled to boycott Israeli products in protest of 'Israel's oppression of Palestinians'; ADL condemns ruling, says 'decision only serves to exacerbate tensions and ill-will'

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3188789,00.html

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"The Norwegian parliament in the Sor-Trondelag region ruled Saturday to boycott products made in Israel and to forbid the sale and purchase of Israeli goods.

It is estimated that the decision, determined by a parliamentary vote, was made due to Norway's stance that Israel oppresses the Palestinians.

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) strongly condemned the ruling Wednesday, saying that "this decision does nothing to promote Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation, but only serves to exacerbate tensions and ill-will.”

“It is shocking and ironic that this one-sided boycott effort comes at a time when Israel is making a series of dramatic steps toward peace, including the recent withdrawal from Gaza,” ADL Director Abraham Foxman said in a press release following the incident."

[GrumpyGreg]

1. I have 2 pairs of great sandals made in Israel---Naot is the brand.

I wouldn't stop buying them even if I was Norwegian.

[GatoLover]

2. I wonder when the Norwegian Parliament is going to boycott Sudan

Darfur, anyone?

[Coastie for Truth]

3. Good idea

Continue shooting up with insulin - if that's what turns you on - and while we're at it - don't use any pharmacogenomic chemotherapy if you get cancer. And erase that MPEG kernel in your Windoz - and a couple of the kernels in your Adobe Acrobat.

And let's go down the list.

I shall keep putting cinnamon in my Latte - because a Pal endocrinologist says it "may" reduce cholesterol and glucose. I do not discriminate based on race, religion, creed, national origin, gender, gender orientation, physical disability, age. I do discriminate against bigoted anal sphincters.

Confession - I am attempting to assist in the boycott of some Iranian, Iraqi, Saudi, Nigerian, and Indonesian products - I own a Prius. But that's because I am a GREEN.