Posted on 03/04/2011 6:25:47 PM PST by fanfan
When local activists singled out a small St. Denis Street shoe store as the focus of their campaign to boycott Israeli products, they figured it was a soft target.
Boutique Le Marcheur is a family-run business, owned by a francophone Québécois couple. It is in the heart of Montreal’s lefty enclave, the Plateau Mont-Royal, and the made-in-Israel BeautiFeel shoes it carries represent a tiny portion of its overall sales.
But when protesters showed up last fall with banners and pamphlets for the first of their weekly demonstrations, they did not reckon on the resolve of owners Yves Archambault and Ginette Auger. Neither paid the least attention to Middle East politics, but after 25 years in business, they were not going to be pushed around.
“Nobody has the right to tell me what I can sell in my store,” Mr. Archambault said in an interview this week. “Maybe next someone will complain about products from Germany, or China. Where does it end?” Ms. Auger said she will not concede victory to the “fanatics” who gather on the sidewalk outside the store every Saturday afternoon: “The more they do it, the more I want to continue to fight.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalpost.com ...
Fighting to be free.
Love it!!
Me too.
That’s why I had to post it before going to bed tonight.
I’m thinking I need some new shoes.
:-)
GOOD for them!
I hate Palestinian Nazi’s.
And, the “Beautifeel” website.
:)
Good for these business owners. I DO SO hope the public stands up WITH them and isn’t intimidated by the anti-semites!!
Thanks so much for posting this. I’ve been looking for ways to support Israel economically.
Thanx for the link, and here’s another one you might be interested in:
http://www.israeliproducts.com/
In case you missed my last post, here’s another way to support Israel economically:
http://www.israeliproducts.com/
Thanks!!! Bookmarked!
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