Here’s a tremendous story from The Brooklyn Paper, right here in New York City:
Local Jewish leaders and anti-Israel protesters faced off on Montague Street - again - on Tuesday, holding a raucous debate over whether West Bank-made lotions sold at Ricky’s cosmetics shop support Israel’s “illegal” occupation of the embattled region.
In the end, the boycott supporters ended up actually promoting the Ahava products, as Brooklyn Heights residents flocked to Ricky’s with their wallets open.
“I came in when I saw the flags - I think [the boycotters] are absurd,” said Ginger Berman, who bought a tub of Ahava bath salts. “There are so many other big issues to protest, why this?”
Why indeed.
The Brooklyn Paper article fails to mention that those adorable ladies of ‘Brooklyn for Peace’ are actually veteran anti-Zionist functionaries currently working as a Code Pink front organization. It’s a shame if the readership is made to believe that they were just ‘concerned’, peace-loving, Brooklynites.
Great idea. Mobilise Jewish buying power. Perhaps pay these perverts a minimal sum because they are actually implementing a terrific promotion campaign for AHAVA products.
The lesson is that when we fight back, we win.
A good first step is to register here:
http://www.buycottisrael.ca/
They’ll notify you when your consumer buying power is needed in your local community.