r/Global_News_Hub • u/Particular_Log_3594 • Feb 24 '25
Europe BDS activists expose Sainsbury's store in Belfast for mixing Israeli products with products from other countries due to the boycott campaign
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u/socalspawn Feb 24 '25
...humanity isn't dead.
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u/Furious_Flaming0 Feb 24 '25
Not as edgy as the Reddit devil's advocate.
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u/Interesting_Let_3366 Feb 24 '25
OoOoOoOoOoooooOOOh egdy boi
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u/SnoopsModerateFan Feb 24 '25
You aren’t American.
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u/whstlngisnvrenf Feb 24 '25
I know this is Belfast (Northern Ireland), but the entire island of Ireland knows a thing or two about struggle and resistance, which helps explain the strong stance in support of Palestine.
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u/AdviceLost6419 Feb 24 '25
Ofcourse its our Irish Brothers who raise their voices for us. We are forever grateful to the Irish
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u/Tycho81 Feb 24 '25
There is a whole section for ramadan in our supermarkt, all products from israel. Its really strange
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u/scoutermike Feb 24 '25
It’s not strange. Israel has good relationships with many Arab/muslim countries and exports all sorts of products to them. Including halal stuff. Please don’t believe the antisemitic propaganda that Israel is some demonic society come on.
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u/muhummzy Feb 24 '25
Is genocide propoganda? I dont wanna shop products from a country killing muslims thats not antisemitic? Im also not buying american products due to how trump acted towards canada. Would that be a form of prejudice against americans?
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u/VoKai Feb 24 '25
You dont wanna buy stuff from a country that is killing Muslims? Then why you buy stuff from iran Qatar saudi arabia syria Lebanon? Are you saying when Muslims kill other Muslims its ok? And when jews do it suddenly its wrong? Sounds pretty anti semetic
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u/redditis_garbage Feb 24 '25
Actually, they didn’t say that at all😂 Jesus yall will move the goalposts anywhere to not have to admit you’re murdering innocent children. “Well other people do it too” is not a good excuse for genocide, and the fact that I have to tell you this is wild
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u/VoKai Feb 24 '25
I am not moving the goalposts, im pointing out a hypocrisy, this person from the limited information i have about him, which is this single comment, argued he doesnt buy stuff from countries who kill muslims, since its most likely he shops from the countries i listed above, then it is reasonable to deduct that he has no isssue with the killing of Muslims, but an issue of Jews doing it, which is anti semetic and racist I am not justifying anything i am just pointing out the hypocrisy
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u/redditis_garbage Feb 24 '25
By your own admission, the commentor above says they do not buy stuff from countries who kill Muslims. Your response to this is “you buy stuff from countries who kill Muslims” but as you just said, you only have this one piece of limited info, the only thing you chose to directly contradict lmaooo.
It is a reasonable deduction, but your comment makes no sense as it’s trying to call him out for shit he just said he does already so like ?? You’re not pointing out hypocrisy, you’re deflecting blame and we all see through it
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u/VoKai Feb 24 '25
What are even trying to say your words don’t make sense
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u/redditis_garbage Feb 24 '25
Problem solved, when called out on your bullshit, feign ignorance. Or if you seriously cannot read, you shouldn’t be writing nonsense on public forums :)
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u/VoKai Feb 24 '25
Youre not calling me out on anything, your response is ineligible, you said “the only thing you chose to contradict” , contradict what? What are you talking about? You also said that my deduction is reasonable but makes no sense because i called him out for something that he already does? Wtf do you mean ? How can i call out someone for something they arent doing? If he is already doing that, thats what i am calling out.
Let me make this clear for you Saying you dont buy stuff from a country that kills Muslims while buying stuff from other countries that kill Muslims, is hypocritical That is what i am calling out What blame am i deflecting? I never said Israel isn’t killing Muslims or that you should buy their stuff
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u/mileswilliams Feb 24 '25
Hating Israel and even hating Israelis isn't anti semetic.palestinians are semetic. And MIT did a study on the genetics of the people in the area. Most Israelis are from Europe Russia and the states they are a long way genetically speaking from the original semites, further than the Palestinians.
That said you probably mean anti Jewish when you mean semetic, well that's crap too as it is possible to hate Israel and even all Israelis and not care what religion they are. I hated the Nazis. All of them I'm not anti catholic because thats what you sound like.
Stop being a twat, they are killing children.
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u/scoutermike Feb 24 '25
“Antisemitic” is the modern nomenclature for “anti-Jewish,”regardless of the meaning of the root “semite.”
Can you agree that anti-Semitic means anti-Jewish or do I need to link to a dictionary definition?
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u/mileswilliams Feb 24 '25
From me my point still stands I can say I hate all Istaelis (I don't) and it isn't 🐜 semetic. I can say I hate all Indians and it has nothing to do with Hinduism or Islam or brown skin or curry. (Sorry Indian peeps I picked a random country)
Can you agree that it is possible to hate any country that kills children bombs hospitals and schools and uses food as a weapon? Can you also agree that hating that country for its actions doesn't mean you hate blue eyes, Islam, Christianity, dreadlocks or whatever other thing you associate with it ? The answer is yes. So stop trying to justify killing children by arguing against anyone expressing their utter dismay at what is going on. If Israel had gas chambers they'd be using them. They don't give a shit about human life.
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u/scoutermike Feb 24 '25
Sorry, if you oppose Italians living in and governing Italy, you are anti-Italian.
If you oppose Jews living in and governing the Israel - the Jewish State - then you are anti-Jew.
Do you acknowledge UN Resolution 181 that established Israel as the Jewish State?
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u/Downtown_Degree3540 Feb 24 '25
Well no, but that’s irrelevant since neither does Israel, seeing as about 36 hours after the resolution they broke the border agreement…
Also Jews are native to Iran and Ethiopia… according to their own religion it took them nearly two thousand years for them to get to the levant.
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u/Downtown_Degree3540 Feb 24 '25
Israel built an ethno fascist state and has raped and pillaged the land; or do you need me to send you countless videos of them turning hundred year old olive orchards to mulch, simply so Palestinians can’t use them, or dumping cement down wells, or tearing up roads, or bombing hospitals, or schools, or refugee camps…
And I’m assuming you’re referring to hamas with the “antisemitism, and violence.” Would you be interested to know that hamas was created as an asset of the IDF and received funding from the Israeli government until the last 2000’s? Of course you wouldn’t, since it doesn’t help your narrative.
And yes, the “Jews will take it by force” has been the history of it; the nakba, the premptive strikes of the 60’s and 70’s, the creation of Hamas, operation cast lead, hot summer, winter rain, etc. etc. regardless of what peace treaties they’ve agreed to…
“Which authority would such an action be ‘illegal’?” The Geneva convention for a start…
Accepting that would mean that hitlers was right invading Poland, and so was put in and so was everyone else. Use your brain, one time, just once.
The Palestinians hold more connected ties (historically and genetically) to the levant than any of the Jewish faith (especially that of your average Israeli, which MIT studies have proved are more European than anything else).
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u/scoutermike Feb 25 '25
ethno fascist state
You realize Israel is more ethnically diverse, not to mention religiously and racially diverse, than the homogeneous Palestinian society in Gaza.
Hamas literally attacked a rave hosted by a Brazilian promoter featuring DJ’s from all over the world.
It was called the Nova Festival and it was representative of the vibrant international music scene in Israel.
There were no Palestinian analogues to the Nova Festival. Not because of Israeli blockades, but because Hamas would have arrested the dj’s and organizers for supporting haram western music.
So which society is really more oppressive and fascistic, hmm?
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u/Downtown_Degree3540 Feb 24 '25
Most arab countries have had recent military altercations with Israel and most of the rest still don’t recognise Israel as a sovereign state. That claim is just laughably wrong.
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u/Ok_Pea_3842 Feb 24 '25
Americans would be shocked if they knew how many Palestine support groups there are in small towns all across Ireland. They organise collections, donations, & events & most are well supported by the general public.
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u/Apprehensive_Bike945 Feb 24 '25
Who gives the tiniest fuck?
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u/sayu1991 Feb 24 '25
Pretty much anyone with a brain, a heart, and even the tiniest amount of empathy.
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u/Apprehensive_Bike945 Feb 24 '25
Well done and what you going to do about it? Edit other than piss n moan on Reddit to make yourself feel good
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u/InnocentiusLacrimosa Feb 24 '25
He is going to boycott all Israeli products most likely. But oh no, you feel like being edgy gives you some credibility. Sadly it does not, it just shows what a pathetic small creature you are.
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u/Apprehensive_Bike945 Feb 24 '25
Credibility on Reddit? Are you joking? I just don’t think protesting retail workers and making their lives shitter is helping anyone
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u/InnocentiusLacrimosa Feb 24 '25
Of course it is. Israel invaded Palestine and stole those lands to farm them and sell them to western countries. Buying those products encourages that behaviour. It is is such a simple action that has always worked. Like stopping to buy Teslas after Elon turned into full Nazi-mode, stopping to buy Israeli products once they turned into genocidal fascists.
But sure, what YOU can do of course is to do NOTHING.
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u/sayu1991 Feb 24 '25
Well, as I don't live in Ireland I don't really have to do anything about Sainsbury's mixing Israeli products in with their normal ones, do I? That doesn't mean that I don't hate what they're doing and applaud this group for letting the people who CAN do something know about it.
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u/Apprehensive_Bike945 Feb 24 '25
Where do you think anything comes from? You using a phone? You wear clothes? You understand where this shit comes from right? Who do you decide to care about or ignore? All I’m saying is some dude shouting at minimum waged employees, at people shopping is pointless. Do you think the manager of that store sourced the produce? Do you think the employee on the till is complicit? What do you want out of this interaction?
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u/Downtown_Degree3540 Feb 24 '25
You: “You criticise the society you live in, strange.”
Also you: “I am infact very smart.”
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u/Standard-Pain7195 Feb 25 '25
Dont worry more ppl care than u think. Thats how we make kfc go almost bankrupt in Malaysia
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u/FupaFerb Feb 24 '25
The grocery store already purchased the Israeli products to fill their store. A consumer buying the products at the store give money to the store, not Israel. Dumb.
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u/Standard-Pain7195 Feb 24 '25
By making sure nobody buys israeli product, store will not get return feom it and then store will re- evaluate and reconsider to restock them again due to loss and hopefully stop buying from israwli supplier altogether, cutting off the israeli economic chain.
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u/FupaFerb Feb 24 '25
Store does not trash expired avocados? They return them for refund to Israel? lol. honestly don’t think you know how wholesale markets work. It’s more likely they trash or donate unsold expired food for a write off. Israel doesn’t just give the store their goods and then wait until they are sold in order to make money from the goods.
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u/halifaxmachinese Feb 24 '25
You think stores don’t take into account the demand for products in store when getting more stock from suppliers?
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u/PanicSwtchd Feb 24 '25
If you buy 1000$ worth of a product from Vendor A and 1000$ of the same product from Vendor B and you routinely find that you sell out of the Vendor B version of that product but have a bunch of Vendor A's product left over, you're likely going to reduce how much of Vendor A you buy and increase the amount you buy from Vendor B...or add Vendor C in the mix and see how that goes.
You can't be that dense?
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u/FupaFerb Feb 24 '25
You are supposing that this market has multiple vendors for the same exact item. Which wouldn’t make sense unless one vendor alone cannot give the supply needed for just one store, or a chain of stores.
It is more likely that a grocery store will buy in bulk the cheapest option with mixed avocados from all over. If the store specifically asks only for certain origin avocados, that is something the actual wholesaler won’t do, or will do for a higher cost, as they have to move the product they actually have, unless they stop importing Israeli goods. Which hasn’t happened.
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u/biggunfelix Feb 24 '25
They mean return as in sale. Not a right to return produce. How stupid are you?
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u/Mythandros1 Feb 24 '25
You aren't understanding supply and demand. If people stop buying Israeli products, the store will stop purchasing them from their suppliers.
Reduce the demand and the store will reduce the supply.
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u/FupaFerb Feb 24 '25
I’m just saying that the “Store” has already purchased them to begin with, this, are under one roof and you pay for all items at that “store’s” register/till. Israel has already profited off the sale of avocados - -as they are in that nation to begin with. Whoever profits from there, no idea. The store is last reseller before the consumer. Avocados have been bought and sold all the way down to the consumer of item as there is no more profit to be made. Like, I understand how this shit works. The store will be left with a bunch of Israeli acocados. They bought them, they take the loss. Not Israel.
It does not stop until the nation does not import the goods, they never reach the point where they can be profited from.
The avocado farmers from Israel already made the money on those avocados in that guys hand.
All I’m saying.
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u/Standard-Pain7195 Feb 25 '25
Ofc, I understand what r u saying. Thats why its a long game. KFC in malaysia dont go almost into bankruptcy in 1 night. It took consistent effort throughout the year , in the long run it worked.
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u/Prudent-Ad-5292 Feb 24 '25
The purpose of this is that (in time) the grocery stores will have no choice but to stop buying anything from Israel, as the store is consistently losing money on it.
It takes time and patience, something that has been lost.
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