Diamond market heavily contaminated with Israeli blood diamonds

by TD - Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign Sun Dec 23, 2007 14:04

When it comes to Palestine, do not allow your conscience to be poisoned and paralysed, in the snake pit that is Zionism? Resist ! Boycott !
As its contribution to the ongoing campaign against Israeli Blood Diamonds, Galway IPSC did an information stall outside Lynch's castle yesterday.

As its Xmas solidarity contribution to a people; "constantly preparing for dawn, in the darkness of cellars lit by our enemies" (Palestinian national poet Mahmoud Darwish) we did an eight hour one.
As gemstones crafted in Israel contribute heavily to its economy, accounting for 30% of its total manufacturing exports, they were the focus of our attention and, hopefully, coupled with effective boycotts of other Israeli exports will eventually force it to comply with international law and UN resolutions?.

As a result of Israel's domination of the diamond business, stones cut and crafted in Israel are on sale in all Irish jewellery shops with the likely consequence that buyers who are outraged at Israel's egregious crimes against humanity are unwittingly buttresing the economy of a rogue state that has to be brought to heel, as such, we had a petition calling on the Retail Jewellers of Ireland to request its members to identify the country which prepared them for market.

Sadly and predictably, a passing Israeli, indulging in Pavlovian response and projecting his unhealthy conscience, charged us with, yup, you've guessed it; "Anti-Semitism".

by TD - IPSC Sun Dec 23, 2007 14:07

One!

by Ron Tue Dec 25, 2007 19:46

But it shouldn't be "Diamond market heavily contaminated with Israeli blood diamonds", cause Israeli diamonds ain't blood diamonds. Blood diamonds is a totaly different thing. Say that you boycott Israeli diamonds the way you boycott Israeli potatoes or Israeli garden furniture. Don't use this "Blood Diamond" label, since it's not true.