UK's 5th largest food retailer boycotts 4 Israeli companies
By JPOST.COM STAFF
Britain's fifth-largest food retailer, the Co-operative Group, announced over the weekend that it would stop doing business with four Israeli companies accounting for 350,000 pounds worth of trade over the companies ties to and operations in the West Bank.The four companies the the Co-op is severing ties with are Agrexco, Arava Export Growers, Adafresh and Mehadrin, according to a statement. Going forward, the statement added, "we will additionally no longer engage with any supplier of produce known to be sourcing from the Israeli settlements."The food retailer clarified that the "position is not a boycott of Israeli businesses, and we continue to have supply agreements with some [20] Israeli suppliers that do not source from the settlements." Additionally, it added that it will "continue to actively work to increase trade links with Palestinian businesses."Read the full story here90-year-old Ramat Gan man chokes on doughnut, in critical condition
