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Food co-op votes for Israel boycott

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A food co-op in Washington state has voted not to sell products made in Israel.

The boycott approved July 15 by the board of directors of the Olympia Food Co-op covers products made in all of Israel, not just the West Bank. The co-op has two grocery stores that carried Israeli products including ice cream, crackers and a line of baby wipes.

Olympia is the hometown of Rachel Corrie, an American peace activist who was killed in Gaza in 2003 while protesting a home demolition in front of an Israeli bulldozer.

The boycott went into effect the day after the vote.

The co-op will continue to carry Peace Oil, an Israeli-Palestinian fair trade olive oil. — jta


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