Israeli settlement exports from the Jordan Valley down $29 million in 2013 due to int

[SherriMunnerlyn]

BDS is just seeing amazing growth.

I call it God working miracles in Palestine.

A nonviolent worldwide movement to confront the Injustices of Occupation and Apartheid in Palestine!

Israeli settlement exports from the Jordan Valley down $29 million in 2013 due to international boycott

The Associated Press reports, at the link in this article, that the success of the international boycott movement is starting to squeeze Israeli settlements in the Jordan Valley:

"An international campaign to boycott Israeli settlement products has rapidly turned from a distant nuisance into a harsh economic reality for Israeli farmers in the West Bank’s Jordan Valley. The export-driven income of growers in the valley’s 21 settlements dropped by more than 14 percent, or $29 million, last year, largely because Western European supermarket chains, particularly those in Britain and Scandinavia, are increasingly shunning the area’s peppers, dates, grapes and fresh herbs, settlers say."

“The damage is enormous,” said David Elhayani, head of the Jordan Valley Regional Council, which represents about 7,000 settlers. “In effect, today, we are almost not selling to the (Western) European market anymore.

The article continues:

"But economic worries are growing for some of the valley’s farmers.Niva Benzion, who lives in the Netiv Hagdud settlement, used to sell 80 percent of her sweet peppers and grapes to supermarket chains in Western Europe, particularly in Britain.Sales to Western Europe plummeted in the past two years, she said, adding that she now sells mostly to Eastern Europe and Russia, for up to 40 percent less. She reduced her growing area by one-third this season and doubts she can make ends meet in the future.Zvi Avner, head of the agriculture committee in the Jordan Valley, confirmed that sales of peppers and grapes to Western Europe — mainly Britain and Scandinavia — have dropped by about 50 percent and fresh herbs by about 30 to 40 percent.Avner and Elhayani said they are confident they can overcome the difficulties by selling in new markets and by farming more effectively."

Israeli settlement exports from the Jordan Valley down $29 million in 2013 due to international boycott | Mondoweiss

 

[JakeStarkey]

Sherri, if you could get your psychopathic gun men and molls to put down their guns, and then put down their asses on the streets in their hundreds of thousands, you would get a decent deal.

But, no matter how many you kill, there will be a two-state solution, no right of return, a Jewish Jerusalem, the wall, and the Israel's internationally-recognized right to make sure that the security concerns in Palestine are handled by Israeli.

 

[dreolin]

BDS is just seeing amazing growth.

I call it God working miracles in Palestine.

A nonviolent worldwide movement to confront the Injustices of Occupation and Apartheid in Palestine!

Israeli settlement exports from the Jordan Valley down $29 million in 2013 due to international boycott

The Associated Press reports, at the link in this article, that the success of the international boycott movement is starting to squeeze Israeli settlements in the Jordan Valley:

"An international campaign to boycott Israeli settlement products has rapidly turned from a distant nuisance into a harsh economic reality for Israeli farmers in the West Bank’s Jordan Valley. The export-driven income of growers in the valley’s 21 settlements dropped by more than 14 percent, or $29 million, last year, largely because Western European supermarket chains, particularly those in Britain and Scandinavia, are increasingly shunning the area’s peppers, dates, grapes and fresh herbs, settlers say."

“The damage is enormous,” said David Elhayani, head of the Jordan Valley Regional Council, which represents about 7,000 settlers. “In effect, today, we are almost not selling to the (Western) European market anymore.

The article continues:

"But economic worries are growing for some of the valley’s farmers.Niva Benzion, who lives in the Netiv Hagdud settlement, used to sell 80 percent of her sweet peppers and grapes to supermarket chains in Western Europe, particularly in Britain.Sales to Western Europe plummeted in the past two years, she said, adding that she now sells mostly to Eastern Europe and Russia, for up to 40 percent less. She reduced her growing area by one-third this season and doubts she can make ends meet in the future.Zvi Avner, head of the agriculture committee in the Jordan Valley, confirmed that sales of peppers and grapes to Western Europe — mainly Britain and Scandinavia — have dropped by about 50 percent and fresh herbs by about 30 to 40 percent.Avner and Elhayani said they are confident they can overcome the difficulties by selling in new markets and by farming more effectively."

Israeli settlement exports from the Jordan Valley down $29 million in 2013 due to international boycott | Mondoweiss

BDS would never have even gotten of the ground were it not for all the public exposure it has received by Israeli and zionist whining. Talk about stupid. Some Israeli group is now sueing the ASA in American courts claiming it is an illegal boycott, saying it is anti-Semitic.

 

[dreolin]

Sherri, if you could get your psychopathic gun men and molls to put down their guns, and then put down their asses on the streets in their hundreds of thousands, you would get a decent deal.

But, no matter how many you kill, there will be a two-state solution, no right of return, a Jewish Jerusalem, the wall, and the Israel's internationally-recognized right to make sure that the security concerns in Palestine are handled by Israeli.

What kind of odds are you giving?

 

[georgephillip]

BDS is just seeing amazing growth.

I call it God working miracles in Palestine.

A nonviolent worldwide movement to confront the Injustices of Occupation and Apartheid in Palestine!

Israeli settlement exports from the Jordan Valley down $29 million in 2013 due to international boycott

The Associated Press reports, at the link in this article, that the success of the international boycott movement is starting to squeeze Israeli settlements in the Jordan Valley:

"An international campaign to boycott Israeli settlement products has rapidly turned from a distant nuisance into a harsh economic reality for Israeli farmers in the West Bank’s Jordan Valley. The export-driven income of growers in the valley’s 21 settlements dropped by more than 14 percent, or $29 million, last year, largely because Western European supermarket chains, particularly those in Britain and Scandinavia, are increasingly shunning the area’s peppers, dates, grapes and fresh herbs, settlers say."

“The damage is enormous,” said David Elhayani, head of the Jordan Valley Regional Council, which represents about 7,000 settlers. “In effect, today, we are almost not selling to the (Western) European market anymore.

The article continues:

"But economic worries are growing for some of the valley’s farmers.Niva Benzion, who lives in the Netiv Hagdud settlement, used to sell 80 percent of her sweet peppers and grapes to supermarket chains in Western Europe, particularly in Britain.Sales to Western Europe plummeted in the past two years, she said, adding that she now sells mostly to Eastern Europe and Russia, for up to 40 percent less. She reduced her growing area by one-third this season and doubts she can make ends meet in the future.Zvi Avner, head of the agriculture committee in the Jordan Valley, confirmed that sales of peppers and grapes to Western Europe — mainly Britain and Scandinavia — have dropped by about 50 percent and fresh herbs by about 30 to 40 percent.Avner and Elhayani said they are confident they can overcome the difficulties by selling in new markets and by farming more effectively."

Israeli settlement exports from the Jordan Valley down $29 million in 2013 due to international boycott | Mondoweiss

"Michael Deas, a coordinator for the BDS movement is Europe says, 'Supermarkets are now starting to realize that there’s a really big reputational risk involved here.'”

This time, Israel won't even have White South Africa to trade with.

Israeli settlement exports from the Jordan Valley down $29 million in 2013 due to international boycott | Mondoweiss