Supermarket labels for Israeli food

Stickers could read ?Israeli settlement produce? , but move is not a boycott, says Foreign Office Britain has moved to increase pressure on Israel over its West Bank settlements by advising supermarkets how to distinguish between produce from those settlements and Palestinian goods. The move falls short of a legal requirement but is bound to increase the prospects of a boycott of goods from those outposts. Israeli officials and settler leaders were tonight ... Full Story »

Posted by Glenn LaBauve - via Jamal Dajani, The Guardian (US)
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Posted by: Posted by Glenn LaBauve - Dec 10, 2009 - 2:28 PM PST
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Edited by: Glenn LaBauve - Dec 10, 2009 - 2:51 PM PST

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by Glenn LaBauve - Dec. 10, 2009

Clearly explains a new UK policy that other nations should becpme aware of.

As long as the illegal settlements are profitable, there will be more incursion into the occupied territories. The US should make note of the action when and if it ever finally completes country of origin labeling requirements.

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