Since Israel’s offensive in Gaza began in October, Mohammed Hamed has not touched a drop of his favourite soft drink, Mountain Dew, Middle East Eye reports.

“I used to drink Mountain Dew almost every day, a day would not go without it, but now I have stopped,” he told Middle East Eye.

As an Omani who is committed to boycotting Western goods over the support of the US and its allies for Israel in its operation in Gaza, he now buys Thai drinks and Kinsa, a Saudi drink brand.

He has also changed his shopping habits, and now boycotts Western supermarkets in Oman in solidarity with the Palestinians.

“I have never stepped inside a Carrefour since the war started,” he said, referring to the French hypermarket chain that has three stories in Muscat.

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