Topic: Boycotting iSrAEl's product? think again. - page 8. (Read 1620 times)

If we stop oil and gas, America will definitely be at the forefront as a supplier. America's weapons, missiles and soldiers will definitely supply them. Why does America really support Israel, because Israel is the only one capable of destroying the Arabian plains with its military technology. Arabia/UAE as an oil and gas producing country also continues to sell to Israel, if Arabia stops sending oil and gas I am sure Israel will also start carrying out attacks on Arabia. Conflict will continue and spread.

Since Biden became president, Israel has been very inhumane.

Boycotting brands can be a tricky thing. Some companies follow a mixed strategy of supporting enemy sides, some international companies buy out local brands which poses difficult boycotting situations.
I know that from personal experience, as it's common in Ukraine to boycott companies that work in Russia. I try to follow the same strategy, and there are very convenient tools like bots that monitor involvement of companies in Russia. But there are Ukrainian brands that were acquired by international companies like Nestlé which do business in Russia, and that means putting local products on the boycott lists. There are also some things which are really hard to buy if you follow boycott. For example, I once couldn't find a single toothpaste brand at a healthcare/beauty care shop which was not on the boycott list.
I don't know if the situation is as tricky with Israel and Palestine, but it might be.

And you deny causation for what reason ? Or history?
For example, you forget that the retaliatory strike on Gaza is the consequence of a terrorist attack on Israel from Gaza and by the hands of Gaza residents.
Second, you forget that the Arab world considers the Palestinians as pariahs. And does not offer any Palestinian to come to them ! Palestinians go to live comfortably in the EU, but not to their "brotherly countries". Do you know why?  Because the "brotherly countries" remember very well "Black September" in 1970.
Saudi Arabia today officially actually forbids even the mention of "Palestine"... officially. Can you tell me the reasons ?
By the way - where can I read your articles condemning the "genocide of Palestine" by Egypt and its supporters in the recent past ?  Or is it not an interesting topic ? 

By the way - by supporting the boycott of Israeli goods...you are also taking away jobs and income from Gazans who have been given the opportunity by Israel to work in Israel in Israeli companies, earn good money, and support their families ! 

You started a good topic, and we should really have the basic knowledge to differentiate between Israeli products and other products. Because if we start to boycott other products, the unemployment rate will increase, but will it not increase if we boycott Israeli products? Yeah, it will increase, but the question here is not about the unemployment rates, the question is about the 4,400+ children that Israel has murdered till now. So, I can't use their products or of those who support them, although I know it's so hard for us to boycott all of them because we are so dependent on them. And we did not realize that, but this boycott made industries and consumers realize that we should shift to our local products.

We should use our own local brands, and it's time to leave international brands, therefore, if the employees are fired from this business, then on the other hand, employees will be hired in local companies too. So don't think unemployment will increase, instead, it will decrease. And if people tend to use local products, the GDP of the country will increase. It's best for our own country, just like China.

For example, Fiverr is an Israeli product, and I have seen many people leave using it, even my teacher, who made around 1 million dollars from his account, which had the tag of best seller. He has deactivated his account and said goodbye to Fiverr for the best of Palestine. Who can make that big sacrifice because that account was an empire? But this act encourages many others, and they start using local freelancing platforms from which they can earn even more.

Why do people have to take sides? Taking sides is what has fueled this war this long. Why do you think both sides always play the victim card? Because they want the public to think they're the one being attacked. Israel has successfully gotten the support of the public and that is why it can do whatever it's doing. Palestine has the support of the people which is why they can attack Israel. These are two people killing innocents, one is only doing it more than the other. So for that reason, we should support the one that has killed less? They're both terrorist groups to me and we can't pick the lesser evil to support.
If the whole world was against what both Israel and Palestine were doing to each other, I believe there would have been other ways to settle their differences.



The thing about boycotting is that it never really works.
These companies are deeply rooted to the extent that all these would be forgotten in no time.
There was a time when a very detailed article filled with evidence showing how a cereal company is tied to the funding and money laundering of terrorist groups in Africa. The freelance investigative journalist who made that report is on the run today. He can't openly step foot into his country.
No media house or news channel, big or small reported that news.

They're clueless. And they have a misplaced sense of ethics or righteousness or whatever that is. Many people who are calling for this kind of crazy boycott are exactly the same people who argue that Palestinians are not Hamas and should, therefore, be spared from this violence. But it's the height of irony when, in response, they're calling a blanket boycott to certain products and companies.

First, it doesn't help their case. Second, if they're truly serious, they might end up not using their computers and their smart phones.

Banning Israeli product brands is one of the community's efforts so that fees from these products do not enter Israel, but whether by banning these products can solve the problem of war in the Middle East is not certain, but what we have to do is cut off international diplomatic relations if the country Israel did not stop its aggression against Palestine.

The final conclusion is that we need the unity of nations who care about this war and put pressure on several world institutional forums, so that countries in the world unite to overcome this war.

war occurs resulting in children and women becoming victims, and as stated in the UN convention, that if war occurs in a country, children and women must be protected. and all of them must need the help of anti-war countries.

Stopping trading with related companies, I don't think that's enough to truly halt the genocide in Palestine. I believe there are still many other sources of income supporting the needs of the Zionist war, such as mining, technology companies, and much more. That's why I say boycotting trading companies alone might only have less than a 15% impact on the funds going to the Zionist army.

I acknowledge that Islamic solidarity is quite good, but I feel they haven't truly united. There are still some Islamic countries cooperating with Palestine's enemies. In front of the camera, they show idealistic things, but behind the scenes, there's a lot of realism for the economy, which is more crucial than the war. Except for Turkey, I really appreciate the steps Erdogan has taken lately, but once again, the impact hasn't been significantly seen.

There's actually a way that you can stop these companies from controlling and profiting from these wars and starting these wars, everyone should march to the streets and go to the offices of these evil corporations and drag the CEOs in the streets and give them the mob justice that they deserve, you might even be able to drag out the entire board if you're lucky, the decimation of the current controllers of these companies will actually be making a big difference because now they're scared of the people that they're trying to control because they know they will fight back now unlike back then. There's no one in these companies that I've mentioned and was mentioned in the OP that is supporting peace because peace don't make them money alone, they have to have those wars to make sure that there's a goal of peace and then they can sell their stuff to help achieve peace.

The countries that boycott the most products from Israel are countries that are members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). which is the largest organization after the UN. And regarding calls for a boycott of Israeli products, this was again called for at the OIC Summit meeting in the past few days. And I really support this, because this is a form of their solidarity with Palestine, a fellow Islamic country, and this is also a form of their resistance to the colonization carried out by Israel on the Palestinian people.

And then why was Israel the one who colonized Palestine. However, it is not only Israeli products that are affected by the boycott, but also some Western products that are boycotted. This happened because people thought that most western countries supported Israel's colonization of Palestine, so their products were also boycotted..

Yep. There are more and more people who join the boycott of USA and Israel products. I don't think we have the ability to stop people from joining the boycott, it is their rights to buy or not buy certain products.

I don't think the companies will stop their business immediately, it should require for years to make significant impacts. If the companies seems to have no chance continuing their activities, I assume they will try to move to another business.

Indeed. There will be many people who become jobless. But they must try to find new jobs earlier if it seems their current jobs won't last a long time after there is a massive boycott. They will have enough time to move to another job, the companies where they work now won't suddenly stop their activities.

I don't think it is about political issue, but it is about solidarity among people around the world.
People are aware that USA and Israel are killers or war criminals, they try to warn both countries by contributing on the massive boycott because it is the only thing that people can do. Well, not sure if it really brings a big impact for them, but I'm curious to see what's happening then.

The Asian continent is one of the regions with the largest population in the world, so calls for boycotts made by several organizations in several countries in the Asian region have a big impact on the sustainability of the products they are trying to boycott.
And this has become commonplace in the world of trade, economics and business. And in this case there are indeed several parties who are trying to take advantage of this situation to destroy their competitors. In the end, initially this was a war conflict between Palestine and Israel, but because there were calls for a boycott this gradually became a trade war between business competitors.

However, whether this call for a boycott is good or not, it is up to each person to respond to it. And here I think that calling for a boycott is not a good thing, because the brand they are trying to boycott is a company that already has branches in various countries, including countries on the Asian continent. By calling for a boycott, this could mean that some of their company branches will close due to lack of visitors and buyers, so it is likely that they will fire some of their workers. And in the end this can cause some people to lose their jobs and cause the number of unemployed to increase.

Boycotting any of the brands in your infographic is pretty dumb, especially when you consider that their earnings from that country are pretty insignificant to their overall revenue each year. You're right, if you want to target some companies for some reason (few people actually remember all the things they are supposed to be mad about every day) then targeting Israeli companies is the only thing that makes sense. What Israel is doing is hurting a lot of civilians, however they faced a massacre conducted by Hamas recently and they then took away hostages - that is one of the most barbaric acts imaginable and nobody who supports Hamas should receive the slightest bit of sympathy. Give the hostages back, then I might start to care.

These companies are investing in both sides and countries that produce military ammo and weapons for war whoever wins, these companies win whichever wins.
It really shows which superpower leader of this world is up for peace and who is actually supporting the war. We could really stop this without having that boycott which is the same as sanctions that don't work.

Israel doesn't have gas and oil, if they are to sanction the country, it's the gas/oil that they need to stop sending to them. But then are we not also making them suffer if we boycott these products to them? The hate will only grow faster.

I am not saying I support it, but the logic is that, even if you are a Mcdonalds franchise in Oman that is supporting Gaza, that means you are paying a franchise fee to Mcdonalds headquarters, who do support Israel, so them making money indirectly means that they are going to pay to Mcdonalds headquarters who will send that money to Isreal. Plus, if it is peoples own money, as long as they do not disturb others, they can boycott and not purchase from those places. In my nation there are tons of boycotts too, and if you do not want to buy from certain company, you are free to do that, in Turkey most of these companies are owned by Qatar, not Israel, but the headquarters still send money to Israel so boycotting makes sense. Do not bother others who does use it, that's all I ask, if you do not want to purchase there, then that's fine, but let the ones who want to still continue purchasing do that, unfortunately there has been some distasteful boycott scenes where boycotters ended up trashing peoples purchases, that's evil, don't do that, but if you do not want to purchase, its your own money, you can decide who to buy from and who to not buy from, its your own decision.

These aren't Israeli companies and it's stupid to boycott them but it's good to boycott some of them like Nestle.

Nestle is an evil company that has been doing genocides for years. They lied to mothers in Africa that Neste's formula was better than their breast milk, gave away Nestle's product for free for a period of time that was enough to stop lactation in mothers and then increased product price. They made mothers dependent on their products. Absolutely everyone should boycott them but people rarely know this dark side of Nestle and many of them don't really care. Nestle also owns many companies in many categories and buys very successful companies. People buys and owns companies that produce very high quality products and have no competitors in quality and production. It's getting very hard to boycott nestle.

Do not make Asia synonymous with Muslim countries. I know some Muslim countries are definitely trying to boycott Israel's products but the majority of Asia is different than them. So editing your thread will help to be on the point.

HAMAS has gone into a suicide mission and the price is being paid by those who has no relation with the war. This is very much unfortunate but looking at Israel's mood, it's not going to stop anytime soon. If Iran tries to become the big daddy of the Middle East, they will be screwed by US.

Such kind of product boycott will keep on happening. But the majority of the world stands with Israel. So I do not see a big impact here. Some countries will definitely try to curb their usage of Israel's products but they are only a minority.

Maybe people think in a different way that you didn't take into account, which is that some of the companies you listed are actually US companies, and it is well known to everyone that the US is the biggest ally of Israel, whose weapons actually kill innocent civilians.


Actually, what kind of country is it that depends on how many hamburgers or sodas some company will sell? From a health perspective, it would be better if there were no fast food chains or carbonated drinks, so if someone in support of the civilians in Palestine stops buying such food and drinks, it will do good for their health. In addition, the people who work as ordinary workers in all these companies are certainly not happy with their jobs and their salaries.

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My personal position is that I will never support anyone who kills civilians in such a reckless and barbaric way, whether it is Hamas, Israel or Russia - a crime is a crime and there is no need to look for justifications for why someone did it.

No matter what kind of boycott is done there in Israel, I don't think it will work. It is a country chosen by God; for a long time, there has been fighting against Israel; even in the war, they cooperated with it, but they could not subjugate it. That is surprising.

That's why it's a boycott, and it's also not a good thing to do, and I'm sure that boycotting is going nowhere. This is all I can say about that. Then it is still another decision of the users of those products that will be followed, of course.

With the current war being very sadistic, this is no longer war and is indeed genocide, so it is very natural that the response of many countries is to ban products produced by colonial countries as a form of protest. or a form of support for Palestine due to the atrocities committed by Israel. .

My opinion about the good action of this product is good if taken from the positive side. Because this is an opportunity for local products to compete. Incidentally, in my country there are many local products that cannot compete with Israeli products. With the presence of Baikot actions like this, many MSMEs are taking advantage of this momentum to work hard productively with products native to their own country with innovation and creativity. Thus increasing local products rather than enriching other countries.