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Anti-Israel boycott by Muslim shops goes Scotland-wide by Jasper Hamill, Sunday Herald, 5 Sept 2010 Khalid Bashir, owner of the Red Sea Food Store in Nicholson Square, Edinburgh, is already boycotting Israeli goods and has agreed to display a poster. He said: “People ask about it all the time, but I am able to tell…

Report by Tayside for Justice in Palestine:           Photos here of the Dundee shop keepers who stopped stocking Israeli dates.  All shops approached accepted and removed Israeli dates from the shelves.  Due to a campaign during last Ramadan none of the shops had any dates clearly marked as Israeli, rather this…

The Scottish members of IJAN – the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network – issued this statement: ‘It’s absolutely imperative that Jewish people speak and act in support of the boycott of Israel, whose aim is to stop the demolitions in Palestine and the destruction of Palestine. tear down the wall. As Jewish anti-zionists across Scotland, we…

Small stores boycott of Israel takes root in Fife The Fife SPSC poster going up in shops across Fife reads: Don’t spoil your fast with Israeli dates, Support Palestine – Boycott Israel”  

Edinburgh SPSC Activists and local Muslims Unite to Enforce Israeli Date Boycott SPSC Edinburgh Branch rallied local Muslims and non-Muslims before and after Friday prayers today (3rd September 2010) at the central Mosque in Edinburgh to lobby local grocers’ shops to ensure they did not stock Israeli goods generally, and Israeli dates specifically. Dates are…

Sat 4th September 2010; NO EMBARGO Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Media Release   EDINBURGH SHOPS SUPPORT ISRAEL BOYCOTT – “Dodgy dates” removed from shelves   A number of small shops in Edinburgh have offered their support to a boycott of Israeli produce. Storeowners near Edinburgh’s Central Mosque told campaigners yesterday that they either didn’t stock Israeli…