Co-Op Members Vote to Remove All Israeli Products From Stores - Birmingham Live
- On May 17, 2025, Co-op members voted at the annual general meeting to remove all Israeli products from store shelves across the UK.
- The motion, demanding the board to show 'moral courage and leadership,' followed growing solidarity with Palestinians after the Gaza war and was supported by about 73% of members.
- The motion is advisory and led the Co-op leadership to confirm a sourcing policy review slated for completion by summer 2025, aiming to reflect members' views and organizational values.
- UK Lawyers for Israel condemned the motion as defamatory and racist, arguing it promotes hatred and undermines confidence in the Co-op, while pro-Palestine activists urged full implementation.
- This vote marks a notable shift in UK public response to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with potential implications for retail practices and wider boycott campaigns.
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Pressure rises on Co-op board to follow through on boycott of Israeli products
The Co-op’s annual general meeting on 17 May announced that about 73% of the supermarket’s 6.5 million members had voted to stop the sale of Israeli products. The motion is non-binding, but the Co-op’s board says it will consider the vote during its summer sourcing review. Pro-Israel lobbyists have predictably been making noise, but there have also been calls for increasing pressure on the board to respect the vote. Co-op: BDS Israel now A petit…
Co-op members vote to boycott all Israeli products despite Israel lobby attack
Overwhelming support for ban, despite pressure from pro-Israel lawyer group Last weekend's annual general meeting of Co-operative members voted overwhelmingly - 72% in favour - of an immediate boycott of all Israeli-made or Israel-linked products in the chain's more than 3,700 stores around the UK. The motion calls on the organisation's board to “show moral…
Co-op members vote for boycott of Israeli products in all stores
Co-op members have voted in favour of banning all Israeli items from their stores. At the company’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Saturday (May 17), a majority of 72.8% supported a motion to cease trading with Israel and show “moral courage and leadership.” The motion is advisory and non-binding, but if enforced it could come into effect as soon as this summer, the Telegraph reports. Members had previously compared the situation to Russia’s in…
UK Co-op shareholders demand ‘moral courage’ with vote to ban Israeli products
Since 2007, the retailer has already refused to stock products from Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria. By Jewish Breaking News The Co-op could cease selling Israeli products as early as this summer after an overwhelming vote on Friday to pull products tied to the Jewish State from supermarket’s shelves. With 2500 grocery stores across the UK, three-quarters of shareholders voted for the ban on Israeli goods citing “moral courage,” having …
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