(JEWISH GROUP) Proposal to ban Israeli products roils a Brooklyn members-only grocery
Pink chalk outlines an approximately 20-foot-long rectangle on the sidewalk outside the Park Slope Food Coop, demarcating a sort of free speech zone to separate two camps of activists from the business of the organic grocery store within.
Inside the pink line, two opposing groups have taken root in recent weeks, building up to a long-brewing May 26 vote over a proposal to boycott Israeli products that has riven the Brooklyn institution’s roughly 16,000 members.
When the Forward visited last Friday, members of the group, PSFC for Palestine, were handing out fliers and urging members to vote yes. The other group, Coop4Unity, was handing out opposing fliers urging shoppers to “bring back cooperation” and “stop polarization” — that is, to vote against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions resolution.
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“We can’t keep making the same mistakes between what we did with the Nazis and what we did with other hateful groups,” said the participant, during discussion on the vote. “Jewish supremacism is a problem in this country and we will move forward as a country with or without this Coop.”
People at the meeting applauded.
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But...but...it is really about Israel...er, the Palestinians. Right! 