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Buy Israeli!
Arutz 7 ^
| 6 March 2003
Posted on 03/06/2003 9:04:56 AM PST by anotherview
Buy Israeli!
"Short of traveling to Israel, there really is no better way to help the desperate Israeli economy than to buy Israeli products on an ongoing basis." That is the theme of the new "Buy Israeli" campaign organized by the "Israel Now" consortium, which is dedicated to educating the Canadian Jewish public on issues such as this.
"With tourism in Israel down some 80%," writes Judy Hazan of Israel Now, "[and] with more than 87,000 business failures between 2001 and 2002, Israel is suffering an economic catastrophe. Almost a quarter of Israelis have seen their standard of living drop below the poverty line. Foreign boycotts of Israeli goods are gathering steam. Even in Canada, the Quebec Federation of Labour has become the latest group to advocate such action."
The "Buy Israeli" campaign posits that if every Jewish family in Toronto would use 10-20% of its weekly shopping budgets for Israeli goods - such as flowers, prepared foods, wines, cosmetics, plastic goods, clothing, jewelry, and Judaica - sales of Israeli products would double its current level. "Canada imports some $200 million in consumer goods from Israel each year," Hazan writes, "and an increase of 25% is equal to the total revenue from most UJA annual appeals!"
TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: buyisraeli; israel; israelieconomy; solidarity
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Among the Israeli products I am finding in the not very Jewish part of North Carolina where I am staying:
- various Telma products, including falafel mix, tehina, humus, and soup/seasoning cubes
- Carmel and Gamla wines
- Cloud 9 and Elite chocolates
- Kedem tea crackers
- Aviv and Streits matzo
- feta cheese (Whole Foods Market)
Obviously, Americans will want to buy American as much as possible, but if everyone added a few Israeli products to the shopping carts it would really help. While you're at it, try to avoid buying French, Belgian, German, or Russian products right now to protest their non-support of the United States.
To: anotherview
Checkpoint Firewall Products !
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posted on
03/06/2003 9:08:52 AM PST
by
john316
To: anotherview
With your headline I thought we were talking about BUYING THE Country of ISRAEL......then let the Pali's attack.....(course we might as well have bought Israel with all the foreign aid we give them.)
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posted on
03/06/2003 9:11:23 AM PST
by
goodnesswins
(Thank the Military for your freedom and security....and thank a Rich person for jobs.)
To: john316
Checkpoint Firewall Products !Checkpoint was bought out by Nokia, a Finnish company. Yes, they still emply people in Israel, but it is no longer an exclusively Israeli product.
To: anotherview
A very cool gift from Israel are glass laser etchings. Some how, they etching is done INSIDE a solid piece of glass; its absolutely beautiful. Unfortunately, I don't know which company makes them.
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posted on
03/06/2003 9:12:24 AM PST
by
Krafty123
To: anotherview
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posted on
03/06/2003 9:14:57 AM PST
by
Weimdog
To: Weimdog
You are not the only one :)
To: Weimdog
Been there done that
Don't forget ladies there are Cosmetric company in Israel with finest perfume and makeup and much healther on skin
Remember Aloe Vera was used way back in da day Bibical times
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posted on
03/06/2003 9:25:52 AM PST
by
SevenofNine
(Get ready for SMACKDOWN Saddam)
To: anotherview
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posted on
03/06/2003 9:27:11 AM PST
by
El Sordo
To: Weimdog
Have one at home too. I have already been asked if I served. :) I usually wear it while hitting some of the places near the college campus.
To: anotherview
Assuming the supporters of this approach are American citizens, I hope what they really mean is: Buy American first; if not available, buy Israeli; if not available, buy from reputable free country, ... and lastly buy from Iraq, and China, if you really must have the product.
Who wants to be that that is how they feel?
To: anotherview
NAOT footwear. I have a pair of shoes and two pairs of sandals. Great quality, very comfy.
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posted on
03/06/2003 9:47:18 AM PST
by
mewzilla
To: AriOxman
It involves two different laser beams that heat the acrylic at the point of their intersection and create a tiny bubble.
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posted on
03/06/2003 9:48:45 AM PST
by
mvpel
(Michael Pelletier)
To: anotherview
Heh, I recently bought a cloth steering wheel cover for my truck. Didn't even realize it was made in Israel until I installed it.
To: anotherview
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posted on
03/06/2003 10:47:41 AM PST
by
kAcknor
To: anotherview
While you're at it, try to avoid buying French, Belgian, German, or Russian products right now to protest their non-support of the United States. Yep, it is a shame, I no longer buy German beers...
To: mvpel
cool, thx for explaining
To: AriOxman; mvpel
Coolest thing I've seen in a while; I didn't know Israel was in the design.
They now have the ability to do a cube with your own face in it. They sit you down and take a stereo picture of you. I've seen them in the Inner Harbor in Baltimore and the Santa Cruz (CA) Boardwalk.
I was told by the Santa Cruz guy that it's only one laser that they tune for a certain depth -- the same kind of laser they use in corrective-vision eye surgery.
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posted on
03/06/2003 11:09:46 AM PST
by
jiggyboy
To: anotherview
Whole Foods carries all-natural Kosher marshmallows made in Israel. Expensive, so I didn't buy any, but maybe I'll pick up a package next time.
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posted on
03/06/2003 11:12:11 AM PST
by
palmer
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To: Weimdog
Geez, the local Palis would freak. I wish I had one when I lived next door to some.
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posted on
03/06/2003 11:15:05 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris.)
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