Lidl stops sale of Israeli potatoes as BDS spreads

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From BDSmovement:
A leading food and retail megastore that operates in Ireland has stopped selling two lines of baby potatoes that are sourced from Israel.

German-owned megastore LIDL is one of Ireland's largest chain store's and they deny that the banning of Israeli products is politically motivated.

The Irish public have reacted angrily to the Israeli's illegal raid of the Gaza
aid flotilla. Indeed many have began to boycott Israeli products and websites and leaflets are being distributed asking the public to avoid purchasing products that have a barcode number starting with the numbers 729 (denotes Israeli origin).

Last year Ireland imported goods worth $100million from Israel and exported over $240million to Israel. more


CONSUMER ALERT: Israel's barcode starts with 729...

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