tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416507942212771837.post1929162758602607347..comments2010-03-09T15:17:13.782-05:00Jon Haberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12635642285433915572noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416507942212771837.post-73338443224403280742010-03-09T15:17:13.777-05:002010-03-09T15:17:13.777-05:00&quot;I can relate that the one thing the boycotters have been successful in doing... is creating conflict and misery in a civic institution that never asked to become a battlefield in the Arab-Israeli conflict.:&quot;<br /><br />From the Daily Aggie, the local paper<br />http://theaggie.org/article/2010/02/04/editorial-israeli-food-boycott<br /><br />&quot;Although the first amendment entitles these members to peacefully protest and express their beliefs, removing the Co-op&#39;s low number of Israeli products - such as feta cheese and couscous - will not have an impact on the greater scale of this issue. A grocery store is not the correct setting to integrate political issues. It is a place to buy food. <br />If petitioners feel it is not appropriate for the Co-op to sell these minimal Israeli products, then they can boycott these products by refusing to buy them. Other shoppers can make their own decision regarding Israeli feta cheese and other such products on their own. <br />Whether it is a brownie, cheese or wine, grocery stores should be kept a place without political conflict for Davis community shoppers.&quot;Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com