Some Palestinians in east Jerusalem have decided to boycott French products in protest against French President Emmanuel Macron and the publishing in France of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. Israel Hayom reported today that an owner of a shop in the Jerusalem Silwan neighborhood removed all French-made products from his store, hanging in their place signs saying, "Only the emissary of God. We will not buy and will not sell to French people. We need to boycott French products." Shopkeepers in the Palestinian Beit Hanina neighborhood and other Palestinian east Jerusalem neighborhoods reportedly did the same.
The boycott follows several protests against Macron in Tel Aviv, Jaffa and Jerusalem. On Oct. 24, some 200 people protested outside the residence of French Ambassador Eric Danon in Jaffa, carrying banners in Arabic.
