Monday June 4, 2012, The Flaming Eggplant Cafe a student-run cafe at The Evergreen State College in Olympia announced it will boycott Israeli products. A statement, released today, reads:
Our Mission Statement outlines a commitment to serving socially just food. Israel's policy of illegal land seizure and destruction on Palestinian lands means purchasing items from Israel is in Flaming Eggplant in conflict with our mission.
As a student-run collective with the stated principle of supporting direct action for a just and egalitarian society, and as a café representing the student body at large, we feel it is important to uphold the desire for boycott and divestment as voted for by the students at The Evergreen State College.
Read the full statement from the Flaming Eggplant
TESC Divest, a student-led organization that works to end The Evergreen State College's complicity in Israel's abuses of Palestinian human rights, has issued a press release:
On Monday June 4, 2012 The Flaming Eggplant Café, a student worker collective at The Evergreen State College (TESC), formally announced its decision to boycott Israeli goods, becoming the most recent business to join the growing international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
According to the Flaming Eggplant's mission statement, one of the cafe's goals is to "nourish the local food system by making delicious, healthy, ecologically and socially just food accessible to all." In its statement of principles the collective also expresses its commitment to "supporting political participation and direct action to create a just and egalitarian society."
Office Coordinator Cris Papaiacovou said, "We came to a consensus as a collective to support the Palestinian civil society call for BDS because it is directly in line with our mission and statement of principles." He added, "We are proud to join this non-violent movement to pressure Israel until it ends its human rights violations against Palestinians."
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