The Palestinian boycott of Israeli goods is having its effect on several Israeli companies. Tnuvah Dairies, for example, has seen its sales to the Palestinian Authority drop by 20%. In response, the Israeli Manufacturers Association is considering announcing a counter-boycott of Palestinian goods sold to Israel. As Tzvi Pladah, Deputy Chairman of the Manufacturers Association, told Arutz-7 today, \"The Palestinian boycott is a blatant violation of the Paris agreement [between Israel and the PA]; the PA has even put on trial several businessmen who distribute Israeli goods! This cannot be passed over without a reaction from the Israeli business community.\"
Pladah said that the PA sells some one billion shekels worth of goods in Israel, \"but their income from the Israeli economy is much bigger than that, because many of their workers work here and receive Israeli salaries. The loss of this market would be a deathblow to the Palestinian economy. Israeli goods to the PA total some two billion shekels annually, and since the beginning of the current intifada, 500 million shekels have been lost. We don\'t want to get involved in an economic war with the PA, because we don\'t want to mix economics and politics, but if they force us to, then we will do it, and we have much stronger means than they do.\"
Pladah said that the PA sells some one billion shekels worth of goods in Israel, \"but their income from the Israeli economy is much bigger than that, because many of their workers work here and receive Israeli salaries. The loss of this market would be a deathblow to the Palestinian economy. Israeli goods to the PA total some two billion shekels annually, and since the beginning of the current intifada, 500 million shekels have been lost. We don\'t want to get involved in an economic war with the PA, because we don\'t want to mix economics and politics, but if they force us to, then we will do it, and we have much stronger means than they do.\"