There have been calls in Israel to boycott Spanish multi-national retail clothes chain Zara, after its Israel franchise chairman Joey Schwebel hosted a marketing campaign assembly for MK Itamar Ben-Gvir, chairman of the far-right Otzma Yehudi occasion, forward of subsequent week’s Knesset elections.
Nonetheless, a survey by the Ifat media info firm discovered that 67% of the posts on social media in Hebrew supported Zara and Ben-Gvir, whereas solely 27% of the posts had been damaging. The opposite 6% had been impartial. General there have been 25,000 posts on the matter, primarily on Twitter and Fb.
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In Arabic in Israel there have been 4,800 posts on the matter, virtually all of them making damaging feedback concerning the Zara model with the commonest message calling on individuals to boycott Zara and burn Zara garments.
Ben-Gvir’s occasion, which is operating on a joint Non secular Zionist occasion checklist with Noam, is tipped to win 12-14 seats in subsequent week’s elections for the 120-seat Knesset. If Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud occasion can kind a right-wing authorities then Ben-Gvir, a disciple of the late rabbi Meir Kahana is prone to obtain a senior ministerial appointment.
Anti-Zara sentiment has been robust within the Palestinian Authority the place Mahmoud Alhabash, a senior advisor to Palestinian Authority chairman Abu Mazen, has referred to as for a world boycott of Zara.
A spokesperson for Joey Schwebel stated, “We don’t touch upon non-public issues referring to the household.”
Revealed by Globes, Israel enterprise information – en.globes.co.il – on October 25, 2022.
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