The Association for Palestinian Products, later known as the Product Loyalist Alliance, was established in
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the ...
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Palestine in the mid-1930s to promote products of the Jewish community.
[Segev, 2000, p. 389.]
In common with the
Battalion for the Defence of the Language the Association attempted to impose national loyalty on people as part of their daily routine, declaring, "Every man and woman in the Yishuv, without regard to faction or party, must lend a hand to this important effort, directed at strengthening the economy and against the enemies of our rebirth."
[
Volunteer product loyalists patrolled markets and threatened merchants who sold ]Arab
The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, ...
products. Those who did not comply were denounced as traitors in graffiti on shop doors and had their display windows broken.[
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See also
* Arab general strike (Mandatory Palestine)
Notes
References
*Segev, Tom (2000). ''One Palestine Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate''. Abacus.
Anti-Arabism in the Middle East
Economy of Mandatory Palestine
Jewish organizations in Mandatory Palestine
Jews and Judaism in Tel Aviv
Zionism in Mandatory Palestine
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