To: Crimson Ghost who wrote (25450 ) 4/26/2007 3:04:45 PM From: sea_urchin Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82047 British Jews welcome journalists joining Israeli boycott www2.irna.ir >>A Jewish campaign group Wednesday welcomed the decision by Britain's National Union of Journalists (NUJ) to join the international boycott of Israeli goods, saying it was a "courageous" move. "Given Israel's contempt for international law, with the complicity of the US and UK governments, pressure has to be increased by civil society if justice is to be achieved," Jews for Boycotting Israel Goods (JBIG) said. "A boycott of Israeli goods is a legitimate form of grassroots action and is particularly appropriate as Israel is destroying the Palestinian economy. Such a boycott has been called for by Israeli peace organizations," the British-based campaign group said. The NUJ, representing some 35,000 journalists in the UK, voted to join the international boycott of Israeli goods at its annual conference earlier this month. In a letter to the Guardian newspaper Wednesday, JBIG said that it was as a result of its illegal occupation, Israel is able to flood the Palestinian market with its products, while preventing Palestinian farmers from growing and trading their own. "We believe Israel's actions betray Jewish ethical traditions - the cutting down of olive and fruit trees is prohibited by Jewish law," the letter said. It also warned that the "continuing occupation and exploitation of Palestinian land is a major obstacle to peace for Israelis and Arabs alike which has global implications for world peace." JBIG was set up by Jewish residents in Britain as an outcome of the deep frustration that Jewish peace activists were said to feel towards the inaction displayed by the Jewish community with regard to Israel's repressive occupation of Palestinian land. << PS. I pinned an article to the end of my previous post. I wonder if you saw it?