Today's Independent - Boycott Israeli Goods

Today's Independent has two interesting articles. The first is an excellent piece from Donald Macintyre on Israel's death squads. It includes testimony from a former member of an Israeli assassination squad responsible for the murder of four Palestinians in Gaza at the start of the second intifada. The testimony was given to a group called Breaking The Silence which is an organization of veteran Israeli soldiers that collects testimonies of soldiers who served in the Occupied Territories during the Second Intifada.

The second story of interest is about Britain's complicity in rendition and torture. After Binyam Mohamed's claims of British complicity in torture and rendition the final British resident to be held at Guantanamo, Shaker Aamer has come out with similar claims.

On a non political issue I was interested in reading about Alan Moore and his refusal to be associated with the Watchmen film.



On a visit to Asda today I was very disappointed to see lots of Israeli tomatoes and peppers. Asda are of course not alone in stocking Israeli products with many of the main supermarkets doing so. It is important the we continue to complain to supermarkets stocking Israeli goods. Unlike other states responsible for human rights abuses such as Burma and Zimbabwe, most supermarkets turn a blind eye to Israel's crimes.

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