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6/5/07

People's Daily Online -- Israeli ministers discuss British boycott threats

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Israeli ministers discuss British boycott threats

Israelis have reacted angrily to proposals by the University and College Union and Unison, the largest public sector workers' union, to boycott Israel in protest at its treatment of Palestinians. The proposals follow a similar resolution passed by the National Union of Journalists earlier this year. Before Sunday's weekly meeting of the Israeli Cabinet in Jerusalem, ministers said they were concerned at the prospect of a boycott. Israel's trade minister, Eli Yishai, said he would hold talks on how Israeli industry would respond. The minister for social affairs, Isaac Herzog, said the boycott proposals were part of "a long trail of anti-semitism in Europe." Comment EU-Digest: Mr. Herzog should find a better argument than blaming the boycott on anti-semitism in Europe. Couldn't it be that the motive of the boycott is what it says it is: " a protest at the treatment of Palestinians by the Israelis".

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