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.

On Oct. 29, hundreds of activists of the Islamic Movement in Israel demonstrated outside the French Embassy in Tel Aviv. The protesters carried banners praising the Prophet Muhammad and flags of the movement. One protester carried a sign depicting Macron as a dog.

Asked whether he condemned the triple murder in Nice, France, earlier that day, former Knesset member for the Joint List Masoud Ghanaim told Haaretz that he is obviously against hurting any innocent people. Still, he said, "The statements made by Macron and his government and the way they are conducting themselves cannot be ignored." Ghanaim also said that France cannot pretend to act against what it calls extreme Islam while hurting Muslims across the globe. "There is 1-2% who are the extremes, and then a whole people is tainted. We cannot accept that, so we demand an immediate apology and change of policy."