The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement works to end international support for Israel’s oppression of Palestinians and pressure Israel to comply with international law
Boycott in West Surrey
When shopping look for barcode starting with ‘729’, which denotes Israeli products. But Israeli producers do try to cover up their origin by using other numbers, (link), this is only a guide. Many items will have a country of origin. If not, ask. Let the store know that you boycott Israeli products.
This section in broken into:
- Stores, Supermarkets
- Food Brands, Beauty Industry
- Banks
STORES
| Burger King Pizza Hut MacDonaldsKFC | StarbucksKrispy Kreme Zara |
SUPERMARKETS
All supermarkets are complicit to some extent. Let’s face it: their objective is to make money, and ethics are very low on the list.
There is some produce that has a higher probability of coming from Israel:
- Dates (https://boycott.thewitness.news/categories/dates)
- Alternatives: Zaitoun, Yaffa, Ziyad, the date project
- Avocados
Stores to Avoid
- Tesco
- Tesco is partnering with an Israeli startup, Trigo Retail, to deliver till-less stores, with several already open in London: source
- Michael Gabay, the CEO of Trigo is a staunch Zionist.
- Lidl
- Dieter Schwarz is the owner of LIDL.
- Dieter Schwarz’s family office fund, Zukunftsfonds Heilbronn (ZFHN), is gearing up to invest millions in Israeli technologies. The fund plans to invest between $500,000 and several million dollars in Israeli seed and pre-seed companies, focusing on areas like IoT, robotics, autonomous driving, energy systems, new materials, and biotech. source
Complicit Stores
- Waitrose
- Despite its respectable facade, they are happy to sell Israeli products.
- waitrose-israel-connection-unraveled
- Sainsbury’s
- Argos
Proof that action works
- Zioinsts fight back
- As proof that the boycotts are effective, the Zionists are fighting back:
- buycott-combats-morrisons-and-waitrose-israel-boycott-f4edwynh
- Note that the Fair Play Campaign group was established by the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership Council in 2006, i.e. another Zionist group funded by Israel.
FOOD BRANDS
- Coca-Cola
- Owns: Coke, Fanta, Sprite, Appletiser, Oasis, Orangina, Innocent smoothies, Orangina, Vitamins water, Costa Coffee
- (https://boycott.thewitness.news/categories/drinks)
- Pepsi Co
- Owns: 7 Up, Walkers Crisps, Doritos tortilla chips, SodaDtream … (List of Brands)
- Nestle
- Owns: … (List of Brands)
- Mars
- Owns: … (List of Brands)
- Unilever
- Owns:
- Procter and Gamble
- Owns:
- Danone
- Owns:
- Mondelez
- Owns: Cadbury, Cote d’Or … (List of Brands)
BEAUTY INDUSTRY : The Ugly Face
- Estée Lauder
- Owner of Mac, Clinique, Bobbi Brown, Jo Malone, la Mer, Tom Ford, Aramis, Origins and others (list of brands)
- Reason: is one which is a heavy investor/donator and financially and politically supports the occupation
- LVMH
- Owner of DKNY, Benefit, Bulgari, Dior, Fendi, Fenty, Marc Jacobs, Givenchy, Bulgari, Celine, Sephora (list of brands)
Reason: LVMH owner Bernard Arnault large investor in Israeli companies
- Owner of DKNY, Benefit, Bulgari, Dior, Fendi, Fenty, Marc Jacobs, Givenchy, Bulgari, Celine, Sephora (list of brands)
- L’Oreal
- Aesop, Biotherm, Diesel, Kiehls, It cosmetics, la roche posay, Prada beauty, Urban Decay, Lancome, Kerastase, NYX Professional Makeup, Garnier, Cerave, Georgio Armani, Maybelline (list of brands)
- Chanel
- list of products
- Reason Alain Wertheimer (Chairman and controlling shareholder of Chanel), condemned the attack on Israel but remained silent on the attacks on Gaza, also pledged $4m in Chanel’s name
BANKS
- Barclays
- For details of Barclays complicity see the leaflets: Open pdf leaflet
- Most of the banks are complicit in some way, but Barclays – having also been a massive supporter of apartheid South Africa – should be singled out.
- Take Action
- In the last action (Fri 9 Feb) at least 1500 people closed their accounts with Barclays. See video at this twitter link .
- There will be 2nd joint account closure day as 21 Mar 2024 (UN Day Against Racism). Once again, we’re asking Barclays customers to signUp and pledge to close their accounts – it’s important people sign up so we provide instructions and a way for them to inform the bank’s senior management of their actions.
- Switching Account
- To switch accounts (very easy these days): www.currentaccountswitch.co.uk/
UTILITY COMPANIES
- BP
- Was recently awarded exploration rights off the coast of Israel, which would include water which should be Palestinian controlled.
- It’s unclear whether BP is exploiting Palestinian oil and gas, but it certainly investing in Israel
Past Successes
14 Dec 2023: Fischer German (property company) cuts ties with Elbit
12 Dec 2023 Puma to end sponsorship of Israel’s national football team in 2024
1 June 2023: G4S to divest completely from Israel
Resources
There are quite a few website, but many are out of date, or simply republishing other site. Two good sites are:
BoycotZionism
You can search, or browse by brand or category.For each brand there is a rationale as to why to boycott, and backup sources.
Mayniaga
Look at the ‘BDS Movement’ dropdown at the top
Download the app ‘No Thanks’ to scan products and make informed choices about the products you buy.
Add page to your Home Screen
You can add a webpage to your phone home page for ease when shopping. Here’s how to do it for an iPhone: youtubeLink
