Boycott But Respectfully, Or We Are No Different Than The Zionists - Protestor

DUNGUN (Terengganu, Malaysia), Aug 6 (Bernama) -- More than 2,000 local youths participated in a peaceful demonstration and campaign Tuesday to boycott Israeli products. One of the organisers, Mohd Nurhafizuddin Abdul Rani, 20, said the peaceful protest staged at the fruit market here until late evening, was aimed at prompting the public to stop using Israeli goods on a large scale in a bid to cripple the regime's economy albeit gradually. "I did not expect the crowd to be this big even though our call through Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp to gather for the demonstration against Israel's atrocities against our comrades in Palestine, did go viral," he told Bernama Wednesday. According to him, the organisers also distributed pamphlets to the public on the urgency of boycotting Israeli goods and the list of products. Meanwhile, participant Mohd Adenan Mat, 25, from Kampung Jerangau, came with his friends to the demonstration after learning about it through Facebook. "We came all the way from the village to express our full support for this campaign. It is a wakeup call for us to rise and object against Israel. "But I hope the organisers and participants will not get too emotional and disturb the peace at other people's premises, even of those being boycotted. We must be respectful, intelligent and apply a peaceful strategy, as otherwise our attitude would be no different from that of the zionists," he stressed. Another participant, Rostam Sani Ahmad, 30, said it was time to look to local products and away from Israeli goods in objection to zionist violence towards the people of Palestine and Syria. -- BERNAMA