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Park Slope Food Coop votes to boycott Israeli products after divisive campaign

Wednesday, 27 May 2026, 06:27 · 1 min read

Members of the Park Slope Food Coop (a storied Brooklyn grocery cooperative founded in 1973, known for its progressive values and strict membership rules) voted on Tuesday to boycott roughly a dozen Israeli and Israeli-settlement products, including certain brands of tahini, peppers, and persimmons. Approximately 7,000 of the co-op's 17,000 members took part in a three-hour virtual meeting, with 67% voting in favour of the measure. The vote caps years of bitter internal debate, marked by verbal confrontations, vandalism, and reports of antisemitic and anti-Arab remarks, reflecting the broader social fractures in the United States over the war in Gaza.

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DawnIreland to ban goods from Israeli settlements in West Bank by July ↗︎El PaísLa guerra de Gaza sume a Israel en un ciclo de denuncias sin precedentes ante la justicia internacional ↗︎The GuardianStoried New York food co-op votes to boycott Israeli products after contentious campaign ↗︎
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