Karma: Palestinians vote with their feet!

A surprisingly successful new supermarket in the Jerusalem suburb of Gush Etzion, has been attracting Arabs living in the West Bank as well as Jews. Gush Etzion is widely considered an area that will remain under Israeli sovereignty in any peace deal.

Middle East Coexistence at the Supermarket -Lenny & Shellie Ben-David

The parking lot of the new supermarket at the Gush Etzion junction in the West Bank is packed with Palestinian and Israeli vehicles.

Palestinian families and Israeli "settlers" mingle in the aisles. At the checkout, one cashier was a Jewish woman from Kiryat Arba; at the cash register next to her was a Muslim woman from Halhul.

A boycott of settlement products is supposed to be in force in the Palestinian Authority, but that's certainly not enforced at the supermarket.
(Pajamas Media)


Israel Boycott Backfires on Palestinian Storeowners -Walid Shoebat

Writing on the Arabic Media Internet Network (AMIN), Hiba Lama laments that the boycott of Israeli goods has simply bounced back on the Palestinians, as "numbers of Palestinians have abandoned their Palestinian shops after missing several items and went to stores in Israeli areas instead."

"Hanna Rishmawi, owner of a shop in Beit Sahour, suffers from low sales since the boycott was established...[as the Israeli stores offer] low prices and many special offers."

Abeer Taweel went to see the new [Gush Etzion] supermarket everyone is talking about, only to find all her relatives, neighbors and acquaintances there purchasing all their needs for the whole week.

At an emergency meeting, the PA Ministry of Economy adopted a policy to inspect all vehicles entering the Palestinian cities - Palestinian checkpoints to prevent their own people from exercising the freedom to shop.

One thing is certain, cursing Israel was not a great idea after all.
(Walid Shoebat Foundation)
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UPDATE:


PA Announces Boycott of Israeli Supermarket Chain

The Palestinian Authority Ministry of National Economy announced on Sept. 21 a boycott campaign against the Israeli Rami Levi chain of supermarkets, which it claimed has "spread like cancer" with new stores in Ramallah, Hebron and Bethlehem. Distributors and promoters of Rami Levi products will be prosecuted for advertising or selling their goods in the West Bank.
(Maan News-PA)
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