Agreed.
A blind boycott of anything Israeli in the the guise of "proxy" transference of action, i.e. bleed someone who is Israeli to squeeze them into shaking their fists at the Zionist controlled (and definitely EVIL) Israeli regime in the hope to effect change, only affects THEM and not the regime.
The weak "mechanics" here is that since you support "X', we will starve you out. The only thing that happens here is that you starve them out, you don't change any mindsets. If you think someone changed because of these actions, you are only seeing a change of a mask in service of self-preservation.
It may change their point of view and may get some to re-evaluate their views, but it may only be because of their well being being squeezed, and not really because they've had a change of heart.
So: make your point this way if you choose, but it is no different than pasting a yellow Star of David on the shop window. Same mechanism, different reason, eh?
Get to know the PEOPLE. Things aren't black and white, as desirable as this would be.
Here is an example of a boycott that works, and why it does:
There was an Israeli technology company in the IT field that put out a firewall. The Israelis have some fantastic tech companies, doing some great work.
This security company produced a top flight firewall, it was the darling in all the tech groups. And by groups, I mean the serious guys, not your garden variety SMB, but Government.
It was eventually found out that this firewall, a device that protects against willful intrusion, and routes traffic in a known way (the epitome of data security), was actually breaching it's trust model by sending data to a third party. The third party recipient was ultimately in Israel.
Two things here:
1) a product that was deemed trustworthy in a security field, was not. (Ok, so company X is blacklisted, which was the case). Companies in the West are regarded as individual entities without allegiance.
2) The company was Israeli. And it being such, was not considered to be a single entity without strings.
The result?
In the States or Canada, many Israeli tech companies that form startups in the land of bilk and honey, never get off the ground.
Why? Because any Israeli company in the tech sector is considered less trustworthy than the lowest of the low, in fact they rate below South Africa in the security arena.
In a very specific area, the thing that was proposed was the very thing that was breached. "By their actions, shall you know them".
It is known that the Israelis are very much organized horizontally and vertically in everything. There is not much separation between government and the endeavours of the private sector. There is a thread that ideologically binds them together, and is also exploited.
And this being understood by those who track them (and within the very narrow incident provided above), is enough to make it applicable to anything that their good citizens produce, regardless of their intent.
In this case, what was proposed was TRUST, and what was breached was TRUST, by a single Israeli company. BECAUSE they were Israeli, it is implied and KNOWN that they are under the purview of a control structure and coordinated. And therefore, no more Israeli companies (in this sector) can be trusted. (As a side note, there's a doc on the net which may be relevant, something to do with the "300".)
In the example given above in the security tech industry (the importance being the gravity of the information inherent and flowing through it), and because of HOW the Israelis are, they shot themselves in the foot. They are one, and a single detected breach of "say this, do that" from a single branch in their tree has poisoned them in the eyes of many in a particular area. They are as good as dead.
The point here with this example and the local baker is: CONTEXT.
Make sure that you don't mistake starving the people with starving the regime.
There's a difference.
You have to identify the proper vector to effect change. And on many, many, many levels, it is dependent on CONTEXT and your perception thereof. (You better make sure you understand what it is you are REALLY doing by taking any action, and WHY).
