Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, the Chief Rabbi of Russia and President of the Conference of European Rabbis, has released a statement about Reykjavik's recent decision to boycott all Israeli goods.
"If Reykjavik is serious about their ban they need to shut down their computers and hand in their mobile phones all of which works thanks to Israeli innovation that benefits every part of modern life," he said. "As a democracy the Council surely has a duty to ask their people if they would be willing to go without their cell phones in support of their leaders’ silliness.
“In reality if Reykjavik city council wanted real change in the middle-east they would seek ways of constructive engagement to help on the ground rather than a symbolic gesture which is nothing more than an affront to the Jewish community.”