These protests outside 'Ecostream' on the corner of Hampton Place have been going on since the shop was opened in August 2012. The business is owned by 'Sodastream', an Israeli company based in the West Bank. On Saturday the Palestinian supporters had more flags; the Israeli supporters a slightly more convincing pamphlet. The irony is that demos like this, replicated worldwide and supporting and promoting polarisation, probably make a peaceful solution less likely rather than more..
As far as Brighton is concerned I declare a draw.
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| Left; the Brighton BDS pamphlet. Right; the Sussex Friends of Israel pamphlet. |
Whatever the rights and wrongs of the underlying case, demonstrating outside shops because they are Israeli (that is Jewish) owned has too many overtones of Nazi Germany for me. They should find another way to make their case.
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