Israeli agricultural exports face looming ‘collapse’ as world rejects products over Gaza genocide

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Israeli farmers warn the country’s agricultural export industry is facing a looming “collapse” due to international opposition to the Gaza genocide. Recent reports show the impact of boycotting Israel, and why the Israeli ‘brand’ may never recover.

In recent months, Israel’s public broadcaster aired several reports on Israel’s massive problem in exporting fruits, particularly to European markets.

Put out by Kan 11, the reports indicate what the growers themselves describe as a looming “collapse,” unwittingly testifying to the importance of the continuing international boycott of Israel.

Now Israel finds itself alongside Russia in the “alliance of the boycotted,” one report from the public broadcaster says. It’s hard to identify a single party responsible for this state of isolation, but Europe is a big part of the story.

“They don’t want our mangos,” a mango farmer tells Kan 11 in one of the reports. “In Europe, they talk to us only if they’re missing something. Only then do they buy from us. If they have an alternative, they avoid it.”

Another part of the story is Yemen’s Ansar Allah, more commonly known as “the Houthis.” Their blockade of the Red Sea in the south — despite their May agreement with the U.S., which did not desist from threatening Israel — has forced shipping companies to use longer and more expensive routes. This has also compromised the Asian market.

But despite the lack of a single, clear factor, Israel’s genocide in Gaza remains one clear common cause arching across the various elements. Israelis simultaneously deny and declare their support for it, as evidenced by a major poll last year showing that a vast majority of Israelis believe there are “no innocents in Gaza.”

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Israeli agricultural exports face looming ‘collapse’ as world rejects products over Gaza genocide