I don't think too many here are pro Israel in any confrontation. We all know innocent people are dying to what is going on in Gaza and I don't think anyone sees this as a good thing or Israel is doing a good thing.

The problem is that those labeled pro-Israel see the situation there as not just Israel creating the problem. We see Israel attack and all the horrors of war, but what has caused them over decades to head in this direction has a lot of players in play that it seems all want Israel to do this, and actually have over the decades to either do nothing to help the situation or manipulated the situation for all this violence to happen.

So you have two groups. One has a very narrow view and only sees Israel as the sole group involved and you have another group with a wider view of all players causing this event to happen.

I'm going to have to look into this.

A boycott of everything Israel related would certainly get my backing.

Products origin can to some extent be Identified by the first three digits of the EAN or BAR code
number for example
400-440 Germany
500-509 United Kingdom
700-709 Norway
729 Israel
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HTH

you can boycott israel and it's goods all you want but I'm afraid it is just a part of the problem...

the other part is US injecting israel with money and help

US should be boycotted too, and when US would stop helping, israel would collapse by itself...

The last thing this world and especially the Middle East should want is an isolated and desperate Israel.

You think they are mean bad asses now, go ahead with this boycott and then witness what they are really capable of.

[edit on 11-1-2009 by Walkswithfish]

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In an way I would want to see an imbargo so the people that run Israel get the facts and understand that they will be isolated.On another hand alot of Jews are not part of this so I do not know if this would be fair to other people.

Infolurker's post should end the debate and close this thread.
It says it all.
...but it won't, will it?
When did we start keeping tabs on war crimes? What are war crimes?
We, the U.S.A. napalmed the hell out of Japan prior to nukeing them. No military targeting, just dropped fire bomb after fire bomb on their cities. We took 80,000 plus men, women, and children...burning them alive.
War is War. Does time make these "war crimes" acceptable? Does the fact that it had a nice justifiable lable "World War II" make it acceptable?
War actually has improved because of tech. and we don't have to just wipe out everyone anymore...could you imagine if you were watching the "Gaza feed" that many of us are watching, and you saw a fleet of Israli bombers dropping tons and tons of napalm? You guys would go ape sheet.
I don't know what Country every poster is from...but if you are like me and a U.S. citizen...shut up about boycotting Israel unless you have figured out a way to justify "our" war crimes against humanity.
If Cuba so much as aimed a bb gun at Miami we would respond. How long has Israel had to put up with these annoying rocket attacks? If you can figure out a way to kill just the bad guys then you should be working for the Pentagon or Massad.
You who hate Israel for killing innocent people are exactly who the Hamas has won over....All cool if that is what you want, but have the intellectual honesty to understand that. I don't care what side of this you are on as long as you are honest about it...and of course you support other countries boycotting us for our "transgressions"

perhaps not....but many want to isolate Israel for their actions as if they alone are acting in some unique way. Opposing Israel is disengeniuios unless you oppose all those Countries that continue to do bad things. If that be the case then you will starve and/or be walking around naked since you will have to boycott every Country out there that produces anything you have.
War is a global epidemic....always has been....we are a violent and primitive species, still in evolution. One day maybe.....speak up and fight for peace or whatever it is, but take the issue on to include everyone responsible and not just the "war de jour"