Desmond Tutu backs U.S. food co-op boycott of Israeli products
he supports the Olympia Food Co-op's boycott of Israeli products.
The Olympia Food Co-op, located in Olympia, Washington, the hometown of the International Solidarity Movement activist Rachel Corrie who was killed seven years ago in Gaza, announced last week that no Israeli products would be sold at its two grocery stores in the city. South African Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu
“I, Desmond Tutu, fully support and endorse the Olympia Food Co-op's boycott of Israeli products," Tutu said in a statement. "The Olympia Food Co-op has joined a growing worldwide movement on the part of citizens and the private sector to support by non-violent tangible acts the Palestinian struggle for justice and self-determination."
Tutu also encouraged other cooperatives, grocers and businesses to boycott Israeli goods.
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