Marks and Spencer is to begin charging its food shoppers for carrier bags. Customers will have to pay 5p for plastic bags, with the money raised going to an environmental charity. Chief executive Sir Stuart Rose said the company wanted to "make it easy for our customers to do their bit to help the environment".

My guess may be the money will go towards helping Israel build new modern cities in Palestine, or perhaps buy more bulldozers to break houses of thousands in Palestine.

Additional info about M&S:

M&S supports Israel with approximately $233 million in trade every year (Jerusalem Report, 5 June 2000) .

The Israeli ambassador to England recently honored Marks & Spencer for the company's continued support of Israel. (JTA, 13 December 2000).

In 1998 Sir Richard Greenbury Marks & Spencer, received the Jubilee Award by the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. This is the highest tribute ever awarded by the "State of Israel" in recognition of those individuals and organizations, that through their investments and trade relationships, have done the most to strengthen the Israeli economy. (answers.com)