PSC calls on UK government to stop import products from illegal Israeli settlement

PSC calls on UK government to stop import of settlement products

Date: 28 / 07 / 2008 Time: 16:22

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign, a UK based movement, on Monday called for the British Government to ban the import of products made in the illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory of the West Bank.

The issue of the illegal Israeli settlement products has been highlighted in the UK media throughout the last year after boxes bound for Tesco stores in Britain were photographed inside a West Bank settlement, illustrating the fact that UK supermarkets were routinely stocking goods from the settlements.

These products were labeled 'made in Israel' despite the fact that this practice is illegal according to regulations imposed by the EU intended to prevent products from West Bank settlements benefiting from tax breaks under the EU-Israel Association Agreement.

The British governments says that its policy on the settlements is clear, declaring that the 'Settlements are illegal'. This campaign has been launched as a reaction to the announcement last week that the Israeli government has approved the expansion of a settlement in the north of the Jordan Valley.

In a press statement PSC said, "such a ban would be an effective way of demonstrating the British government's sincerity in its opposition to illegal Israeli settlements."

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