Shoppers storm Israel's 1st H&M store

[Behind the Aegis]

Hundreds of enthusiastic shoppers waited outside the first local H&M store on Thursday, as the Swedish-owned fashion house opened their first store in Israel in Tel Aviv’s Azrieli Center.
Immediately after the count down, dozens of customers ran into the store, practically trampling two baby strollers in their rush to enter, Channel 2 reported. Passersby managed to save the babies while shoppers continued to flow into the store.

“This place looks like the site of a terror attack,” one shopper told the television station.

Meanwhile in Europe, anti-Israel organizations in Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, the UK, Austria, Canada and Ireland were planning to demonstrate on Thursday evening against H&M’s decision to open shops in Israel.

According to Army Radio, a young Jewish man named Jonathan Sanchek, organized the protests. “This protest is about H&M opening in Israel, while it continues the occupation and in settlement construction. The Goldstone Report was published recently, and we think that one cannot open a store in Israel until it starts obeying international law,” the radio station quoted him as saying.

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[aquart]

1. No retailing for Israel? Because they're bad?

And NATURALLY a Jew is leading the protest. Gotta admire a Jew who believes there needs to be MORE discrimination.

[MiniMe]

2. Have to admit, I read the title fast and I thought it said

Shoppers storm Israel's 1st HAM store. I had a real WTF moment until I reread the title of the post.