Bristol Apartheid-Free Zone: The campaign door knocking for a boycott of Israeli produce

Stephen is one of more than a hundred pro-Palestine volunteers in a resident-led campaign that has knocked on every door in the Easton and St Paul’s areas of Bristol, come rain or shine.

“What door knocking can do is shake you from the slumber of any feelings of helplessness that you might have when you see what’s happening in Palestine,” he tells Middle East Eye.

A volunteer from the Bristol Apartheid-Free Zone Campaign, which has signed up over 1,800 households to a pledge to not buy Israeli fresh produce.

It aims to create a mandate that encourages high street businesses to join the boycott. 

Nearly 50 shops and businesses stocking fresh produce have joined so far, and the campaign boasts a 50 percent sign-up rate among those who open the door, which the campaigners say is an “unprecedented” rate for door-to-door canvassing.  

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