Today's protest at a Toronto liquor store was intended to stop or limit sale of Israeli wine.
Far from so doing, a massive sale of Israeli wine took place and there was a sell out of Israeli wine. All the Israeli wine at the specific store was sold out by about 200 pm.
Many members of Liberals for Israel were present buying wine and showing support for Israel.
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Out of curiosity James were you there buying Israeli wine or being part of the protest?
It got you bloggin' about it though, James ... and that's a plus. Nobody said it was going to be easy.
In other news:
Motorola Sells Israel Bomb Division as National Boycott Campaign Advances
by the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
Washington, DC (April 2) -- The US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and allied organizations participating in a national boycott campaign against Motorola welcomed news that Motorola Israel Ltd. has sold its Government Electronics Department, which made several products that enable Israel's military occupation of and human rights abuses against Palestinians.
The reported sale of the Motorola Israel department occurred just two days after a globally-coordinated day of action to promote campaigns of boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against Israel and corporations that profit from its human rights abuses of Palestinians. This day of action and the growing global BDS movement were inspired by the 2005 call from Palestinian civil society for BDS campaigns targeting Israel, similar to campaigns targeting South Africa's apartheid regime during the 1970s and 1980s.
In Brooklyn, the New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel (NYCBI) launched a city-wide boycott campaign against Motorola, and cell phones stores selling Motorola products were picketed in places such as Cambridge, MA and Santa Clara, CA. The protests called on Motorola and its fully owned subsidiary, Motorola Israel Ltd., to end their sales of bomb fuses, communication devices, and surveillance equipment to the Israeli military. Human rights activists argue that these technologies are used by the Israeli military to violate human rights and international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Human Rights Watch researchers found shrapnel with Motorola serial numbers on it at the site of bomb blasts after Israel's recent assault on the Gaza Strip, dubbed "Operation Cast Lead." For additional information about the case against Motorola, click here.
In February, Hampshire College divested from several companies involved in Israel's military occupation, including Motorola. Hampshire College Students for Justice in Palestine member Bryan Van Slyke had the following response to Motorola's recent actions: "Hampshire Students for Justice in Palestine are proud that, following the historic successful divestment campaign from the Israeli occupation at our college, another milestone has now been achieved by the global BDS movement. This proves that activists around the world can and are truly making an impact in the cause for Palestinian self-determination."
According to Katherine Fuchs, National Organizer for the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, "Motorola is a corporation with a history of supplying products to human rights abusing regimes. Consumer pressure forced Motorola to sever its relations with the South African apartheid regime and the military junta in Burma, and we won't stop until they do the same with Israel. The sale of Moto's Government Electronics Department is a positive development and a sign that Motorola is being forced to respond to our boycott campaign. However, we will continue to investigate Motorola's remaining ties with the Israeli military and illegal Israeli settlements; we will continue our campaign until we find that Motorola no longer profits from human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories."
The US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation is a national coalition of more than 270 organizations working for a U.S. policy toward Israel/Palestine and responsible consumer choices to support human rights, international law, and equality for all in Israel/Palestine. For more information about the US Campaign, please click here.
So the moral of this story is, don't centre a boycott campaign against a product whose consumers are least likely to listen to you and which, in any case, is of little strategic importance.
Out of curiosity James were you there buying Israeli wine or being part of the protest?
Do you really have to ask?
Canadians don't do protests like the French do. The Canadian protesters probably gave advance notice that there would be a protest at a particular notice. They probably stood outside waving flags and made a few speeches and chants. Meanwhile, the pro-Israeli supporters went inside and bought all three bottles of Israeli wine.
Over in France, the French have in their constitution that they must love the state but also defy authority. French protests are like rapid reaaction forces. They come out of nowhere. A protest against the sale of Israeli products works better in France as it is closer to Israel. France probably imports more products from Israel than Canada does. Rightly or wrongly, a consumer boycott of Israel will probably be more effective in Europe than in North America.
Penlan was probably there protesting against Israel.
She is the moderator of the terribly anti-Israel blog site (Liberals on line).
Most of the comments by people like Penlan, WTF, Mound of Silence, Le Daro are targeted either at Israel or Michael Ignatieff.
They are anti-Liberal and their founder James Curran has stated that he is going to the Liberal Convention to stir up and report on trouble. He has stated that on May 4th, the opposition in the Liberal Party will find its voice.
Let's all seek out James Curran in Vancouver and give him a strong and clear message.
I never buy Kosher wine, but I did today!!!
3 bottles. I dropped $50 to support Israel and the LCBO.
Anon wrote:
"Penlan was probably there protesting against Israel."
You are off the wall & if you'd paid attention to a lot of my comments you would not say the other things you said.
C_WTF,
Yes, I had to ask as James states things but never actually gives his opinion the majority of the time. Not saying what you think is a safe way of not being held accountable for anything.
C_WTF,
Just to add that when a person doesn't "choose a side", so to speak, then they can later fall on the side that becomes the most popular view thus always making themselves look "good & right".
Anon 10:31 PM, you say, "She (Penlan)is the moderator of the terribly anti-Israel blog site (Liberals on line)." Oh yeah! James Morton is a member of the Liberals On Line. Does that make him anti-Israel too?
James, you're too smart a guy not to realize the accesses of Israel in Gaza. UN is investigating war crimes committed by Israel.
Sheesh!
I am a member of Liberals on Line and also Liberals for Israel -- so I support Israel. How's that for taking a strong stand!!!!! Seriously, the boycott was a bad idea badly executed -- I suppose it keeps the issue alive but really it only makes the life of LCBO workers more difficult!
By the way I meant "excesses" and not "accesses".
James, I was just questioning the statement by the anon above that everybody on "Liberals On Line" is anti-Israel.
Anon wrote:
"...She is the moderator of the terribly anti-Israel blog site (Liberals on line)."
LibsOnline, just to be clear, is not anti-Israel. Nor am I or anyone else there. What we were against was the terrible decimation of the Gazans during the Gaza conflict that the IDF perpetrated on the Palestinian civilians.
Anon, nothing you are saying about us is true.
James I'm sorry for the way you were denigrated.
Thank you, Penlan.
I criticize Harper and Iggy all the time. Does that make me anti-Canadian?
I continue to criticize Bush. Does that make me anti-American?
I criticize current Iraqi leader. Does that make me anti-Iraq?
I criticize Karzai of Afghanistan. Does that make me anti- Afghanistan?
I criticize Saudi Arabia and its leaders. Does that make anti-Saudis?
If above is true then I am anti-Israel too because I criticize its leaders including Benjamin Netanyahu. On and on.
It is such an immature argument that every time you criticize certain leaders you become anti- that country.
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