HOW TO JOIN THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION BOYCOTT

ROBERT NAIMAN, COMMON DREAMS - Every American can shun Israeli consumer products such as Ahava Dead Sea Cosmetics, which operates a factory in the Israeli settlement of Mitzpe Shalem in the occupied West Bank. Every American can shun Sabra Hummus, half owned by an Israeli company that touts its support for the Golani Brigade, an Israeli army brigade notorious for human rights abuses. Every American can shun Motorola, which arms the Israeli military and has assisted in the construction of the illegal "apartheid wall" in the West Bank.

In addition, everyone who is active in a religious organization can agitate for local, regional, and national religious organizations to shun companies linked to the Israeli occupation, including by divesting investments from such companies. Folks on college campuses can follow the lead of students at Hampshire College who successfully pressed the college to divest from a mutual fund that invested in Caterpillar, Terex, Motorola, ITT, General Electric, and United Technologies