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Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Italian supermarket chain says it has stopped selling Israeli products
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAn Italian supermarket chain says it has stopped selling Israeli products in solidarity with Palestinians affected by war and hunger in the Gaza Strip.
The decision will mean that Coop Alleanza 3.0 will remove Israeli peanuts, tahini sauce, and SodaStream carbonated water makers from its shelves, a statement says.
In an additional sign of support for people in Gaza, where Israel is fighting the Hamas terror group in a war sparked by its October 7, 2023, attack, supermarkets have also started selling the pro-Palestinian Gaza Cola fizzy drink, the statement adds.
Coop Alleanza 3.0 is the largest cooperative in the Coop Italia network, comprising almost 350 stores in eight Italian regions from Friuli-Venezia Giulia in the north to Puglia in the south.
The cooperative “cannot remain indifferent to the ongoing violence in the Gaza Strip and [is] united in calling for the immediate cessation of military operations,” it says.
Coop supermarket chains in Florence and the central regions of Tuscany, Lazio and Umbria are also no longer stocking Israeli products, spokespeople say, insisting, however, that this did not amount to a formal boycott of Israeli products.
Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
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