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From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Does PEPSI discriminate
Message-ID: <107@unc.unc.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 30-Sep-85 19:04:51 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 30 19:04:51 1985
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Reply-To: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
Organization: CS Dept, U. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill
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>>  My brother in law Moshe, told me that Pepsi will not sell their
>>  product in Israel so that they will not be boycotted in Arab countries.
>>  Is this true? Are there any other major US brands that follow this policy?

Ephraim Silverberg writes:
>   Yes, Pepsi Cola Inc. does not sell to the State of Israel;
>   fortunately, I prefer  Coca  Cola which does sell to Israel.

Personally, I don't think it's such a bad thing in this instance ...
So what if Israelis are prevented from wasting the country's precious
foreign currencies on sugar water?  Better that they should drink
Negev orange juice, for the sake of personal health and national economy.

Ephraim Silverberg:
>If I were to list all the companies who boycott the State of  Israel,  I  would
>exceed the 100 kilobyte limit that my mailer allows.  For example, all Japanese
>automobile manufacturers (Toyota, Honda, etc.) except Subaru Inc.   --  as  far
>as I know -- do not sell to the State of Israel.
>
>Perhaps some of the readers at Digital, Herzelia can enlighten the net  on  the
>extent  of  the  boycott and if Israeli industry is seriously affected by these
>measures.

The anti-Israel boycott is one of the chief reasons that Israel
cannot afford to be selective about which countries it trades with.
Were it not for this anti-Israel boycott, Israel might not have to
resort to trading with oppressive foreign regimes.

	Frank Silbermann