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Palestijnse Authoriteit doet nederzettingenproducten in de ban

13/12/2009
De Palestijnse Authoriteit heeft besloten tot een boycot van producten uit de illegale joodse nederzettingen. Het heeft goederen ter waarde van $1 miljoen geconfisceerd.

PA enforcing boycott of goods made in settlements

THE JERUSALEM POST  /  December 9, 2009

The Palestinian government announced Tuesday that it is enforcing a
boycott of goods made in Israel's West Bank settlements and has
confiscated more than $1 million in merchandise from shops and companies.

Israeli products, including those made in settlements, are
commonplace in the West Bank, either for lack of a Palestinian-made
alternative or because consumers prefer them to local goods. As a
result, previous Palestinian efforts to stem consumption of
Israeli-made goods have failed.

The confiscation of settlement products, which began in November,
marked the most serious government effort to date to enforce a
boycott. Palestinians consider Israel's continued settlement
expansion as the biggest obstacle to eventual independence and say
Israel's recent pledge to curtail construction is insufficient.

About 300,000 Israelis live in West Bank settlements and another
180,000 in east Jerusalem - land the Palestinians seek for their state.

Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said a boycott is
counterproductive.

"I don't think by concentrating their efforts on boycotts they will
achieve any of the political goals, if these still include reaching a
peace agreement with Israel," Palmor said.

Palestinian Economics Minister Hassan Abu Libdeh said the boycott of
settlement products is long overdue.

"Consuming settlements' products is wrong, nationally, economically,
politically, and must stop right away," Abu Libdeh told a news
conference at the Information Ministry in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

He said about $1 million worth of merchandise were seized in
November, another $66,000 on Monday evening and that the campaign
would continue. Targeted items include juice, canned goods and cosmetics.

A ban of goods made in Israel would violate interim peace accords,
but the international community agrees with the Palestinians that
Israel's West Bank settlements are illegal. Several European
countries are also making efforts to boycott settlement products.

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