PA: Benefits to Palestinian Businesses that Boycott Israel
PA: Benefits to Palestinian Businesses that Boycott Israel
Israel supplies the Palestinian Authority with electricity, and this is nothing new.
But this electricity has recently become a weapon against Israel.
The PA decided to boycott Israeli goods sold in the West Bank and granted numerous benefits to businessmen, including discounts on electric bills, in order to encourage them to stop selling blue and white.
Aug 15, 2014, 02:45PM | James McIntosh
via Israel News – PA: Benefits to Palestinian Businesses that Boycott Israel – JerusalemOnline.
First publication: the trend of boycotting Israeli products has really made its way to us, over the fence. The Palestinian Authority has called on Palestinian businessmen to boycott all goods made in Israel in exchange for economic incentives.
“Shops free of Israeli goods will be eligible for a full exemption from the business license fee for a year, as well as a 10% discount on their electric bill for six months,” said an official letter from the PA Ministry of Local Government to West Bank businessmen. It must be noted that Israel provides the PA with the electricity serving as an incentive for the shop-owners.
In another poster making the rounds on social media and the Palestinian street, the logos of Israeli companies can be seen adorning missiles with an Israeli Star of David. The poster includes a call to buy only Palestinian products.
“Objective: promote the boycott among the entire Palestinian people”
The PA used to have a law prohibiting the purchase of goods made in the settlements. Former PA prime minister Salam Fayyad was filmed burning goods produced beyond the Green Line. But this time it seems that they really have taken a step up.
Exports from Israel to the PA are valued at approximately NIS 5 billion. Food exports are estimated to be more than a fifth of this sum, which would be a difficult blow to Israeli food companies.
In the meanwhile, the Palestinian street has seen considerable cooperation with the boycott by citizens, and even private initiatives to label Israeli goods have emerged. “Our objective is to promote the principles of the boycott among the entire Palestinian people, which could economically influence the occupation’s products and factories,” said Ammar al-Zatari, one of the leaders of the boycott.
It seems that the battle over the land has become the battle over the wallet, and when the PA boycott merges with the world boycott, it seems that it will be very difficult for Israel to win this war as well.
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WarSclerotic 
August 15, 2014 at 3:19 PM
This is the peace partner ?
Cut of the power NOW !
Israel give them the weapons to be used against Israel !
This is bordering on complete madness ! .
Israel must do a way better job to get this kind of lunacy into the world !