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The ill-considered and remarkably brutal Gaza war likely will give further impetus to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement by Western civil society to pressure Israel on its illegal actions toward the Palestinians. A thoroughgoing such European set of sanctions could cost Israel as much as $5 bn a year and more. Roughly a third of Israeli trade is with Europe, and the EU is Israel’s largest single trading partner.
Unite, the largest British trade union, has now resolved to campaign for adoption of BDS against Israel.
The Sinn Fein mayor of Newry in Northern Ireland is also calling on retailers in the town to boycott Israel.
