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likely pisraeli source underneath, so can’t check it for veracity

(remember, even your potato might be settler-tato) (also one might place stickers with entity flag if one finds some produce of inappropriate origins in the store, as the flag is inoffensive by itself, it’s unlikely to be interpretable as a political act of any kind, but might help inattentive comrades)

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        There’s actually some really interesting history. The first Jaffa orange exporters were descendants of the German Templars. In the beginnings of industrialization, Zionist and Palestinian growers developed different cultivation methods, with both being profitable. The methods favored by the Yishuv tended to be higher yielding but also higher input. Under the mandate, British authorities allowed in modern equipment for cultivation and processing for the Yishuv, but not for Arab land owners.

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      Their claims of being the “true indigenous” people of Palestine is such bullshit because if they were, they’d have connections to Palestinian olive orchards. Palestine was known for its olives going back to the Roman Empire. IIRC it’s mentioned a few times in the Old Testament as well.

      So when these fucking Europeans show up and bulldoze these orchards, it’s proof they don’t belong there. It’d be like claiming you’re the true indigenous people of Hawaii, then ripping out all of the tropical fruit trees and replacing them with wheat and dairy farms.

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    Hey thanks for sharing this. Just this very morning I was feeling despondent that the boycott doesn’t seem to be biting but there it is. Keep giving them the squeeze. Much unlike those unsold oranges lmao.

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    Is there a way to tell if a product is from Israel or not? I think there’s an app but I haven’t heard many people mention it, so I’m not sure how actually reliable it is.

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        Now that works a treat. Getting to the bottom of which multinational owns cleaning products, cat treats etc is such a bastard, and that thing just tells you. Nice one.

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          Yeah really puts some “voting with your wallet”-power in consumer hands and does so very conveniently. Wish I knew of more stuff like this. Imagine crowdsourced boycotts on whatever nefarious company’s products or run-amok regimes exports.

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          Fun fact I learned recently while chatting with a friend about the rabbit hole of parent companies is that most pet food brands in Amerikkka are owned by the Mars candy company.

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      if the shop doesn’t print it on veggies price tag, not much you can do. trying farmer’s market as a venue? the main suspicious produce which you should check are potatoes, tomatoes, avocados, dates and oranges, the rest are kinda minimal i believe (apparently garlic according to this post) shrug-outta-hecks

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        Peanuts, peppers, all citrus fruits, mangoes and pomegranates as well. In the EU it’s mandatory for the store to inform about the country of origin either on the pricetag or with a sign but many stores stopped doing this with products from the zionist entity. You can always ask an employee though and they have to get their manager who should be able to find out.