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[–] Babalugats@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Proper sanctions would include any companies that have medium-high impact.

Obviously high impact would be a priority, and go from there, but even with just the high impact companies sanctioned, that's a lot of products.

Don't get me wrong, I think it's a good thing and will open the market up to a lot of the smaller/lesser known competitors, while stopping the general public around the world from unintentionally assisting the funding of the genocide.

[–] napoleonsdumbcousin@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Most of the international companies are listed there because they are supplying their products to Israel, not because Israel is exporting goods.

Even if the sanctions include companies that supply Israel: If a company is forced to decide between trade with 10 million Israelis or 450 million EU-citizens, the EU wins every time. The companies would just stop trading with Israel and continue trade with the EU. The market is too big to lose.

[–] Babalugats@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago

Yes. Same as those that were sanctioned with Russia. win-win. The market opens up for smaller companies, or has detrimental effect on the Israeli arm of them. As an example, Israeli coca-cola company

The Central Beverage Company, known as Coca-Cola Israel, is a private Israeli manufacturer and distributor of soft drinks, dairy products and alcoholic beverages. The company is the exclusive franchisee of The Coca-Cola Company in Israel.

A sanction would have little to no effect on coca-cola products outside Israel, but would damage that Israeli company.

whereas companies like Nestle: (who have their own issues anyway)

Nestlé, a Swiss multinational, has a presence in Israel through its investment in Osem, a major Israeli food producer. This investment connects Nestlé to various local industries and markets, broadening its involvement in the region.

It would have minor effect on them, and we would be better for it.

Regardless of how little or big the overall impact would be for each company, it needs to be pushed through sooner than later, and while I hate 'comparing' wars, what Israel is doing to Palestine with zero consequences as much of the rest of the world is concerned, is far more devastating to them than what is happening in Ukraine, and look at the ongoing sanctions on Russia.

it's crazy.