The Israelis Product Boycott Campaign

If you're living in Malaysia, you will heard the same news headline everyday, the Gaza (it is actually pronounced as Ghazzah in Arabic) crisis. Not just the printed news material, but also the prime 8.00 pm news on telly. We even had special parliament meeting to present the stand of Malaysia in this issue, and of course, to show the world that our congressman, regardless of political side, has ability to unite and voice out their stand and opinion to the world.

Despite thousands of ringgits had been funded to Palestinians funds all around the nation, there is one more campaign I believe is getting popular, which is the boycott of Israel and US products that is known to support the Israel attack on Palestinians. If you seen the list, I am very sure you will let out a sigh. It is almost impossible to boycott all, since the products listed are not a rare products, and we have been using those in our daily necessities (although some don't).

Boycott is not new. The boycott against Israel products has been started since the Arab-Israel war in 1941. Although Israel's economy is known to be relatively well along that period until now (perhaps with the support of US economy and the grooming capitalist market), the boycott has made significant impact towards Israel economy and international trade.

There was a call for boycott renewal after intifada, but since Gaza crisis in 2005, the boycott has weakened its support from the Arab countries. It is too early to predict what will the effect of boycott this time after the Gaza 2008 crisis, since there is no certain consensus by the Arab world against the Israel. Nevertheless, I have seen people starts boycotting the product in Malaysia, and I believe if not major, it will seen minor significant results to Israel.

Noktah Hitam has posted one post to explain about the campaign from economic view in a more clear picture. I am today, however, not simply stating that I had start boycotting the products, but I working my best to avoid any questionable product that relates to the issue.