With boycott law passed, rightist MK fires first salvo at Meretz

[Jefferson23]

MK Eldad complains to police over Meretz's campaign to label products made in the territories in stores throughout the country.

By Jonathan Lis


MK Aryeh Eldad (National Union ) filed a police complaint against Meretz secretary general Dror Morag and party activists who launched a campaign to label products made in the territories in stores throughout the country, Sunday.

Eldad also asked Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein to start criminal proceedings against Morag and the Meretz activists.

Eldad said Sunday that the activists had broken the law that prohibits a person from conspiring with someone else to harm a third person or that person's livelihood, which carries a prison term of up to two years.

Said Eldad, "While this act was ostensibly intended to protest the Boycott Law, which passed in the Knesset last week, that law has not yet gone into effect and its legality will apparently be discussed in the High Court. But the secretary general of Meretz and his activists, who wanted to strike a blow at settlement products, apparently forgot the criminal code" - which, the MK added, already contains a law prohibiting these sorts of actions.

remainder: http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/with-boycott-law-passed-rightist-mk-fires-first-salvo-at-meretz-1.373768