Stickers could read 'Israeli settlement produce' , but move is not a boycott, says Foreign Office
Ian Black, Middle East editor, and Rory McCarthy in Jerusalem
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 10 December 2009
"Britain has acted to increase pressure on Israel over its West Bank settlements by advising UK supermarkets on how to distinguish between foods from the settlements and Palestinian-manufactured goods.
Ian Black, Middle East editor, and Rory McCarthy in Jerusalem
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 10 December 2009
"Britain has acted to increase pressure on Israel over its West Bank settlements by advising UK supermarkets on how to distinguish between foods from the settlements and Palestinian-manufactured goods.
The government's move falls short of a legal requirement but is bound to increase the prospects of a consumer boycott of products from those territories. Israeli officials and settler leaders were tonight highly critical of the decision.
Until now, food has been simply labelled "Produce of the West Bank", but the new, voluntary guidance issued by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), says labels could give more precise information, like "Israeli settlement produce" or "Palestinian produce"......."
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