The new labelling scheme has been proposed by Britain to put pressure on Israel to fulfil a broken promise to stop developing settlements on occupied Palestinian land. Consumers in supermarkets across the EU would be made aware their purchases were giving financial support to the Israeli occupation. Israel's policy of building Jewish communities on the occupied West Bank is illegal under international law. The plan has echoes of the labelling system for South African fruit and vegetables during apartheid which led some British consumers to deliberately shun produce from white-run South Africa. But Israel feels the labelling idea is part of a broader attempt by left-wing elements in Britain to ostracise the Jewish state.
The new labelling scheme has been proposed by Britain to put pressure on Israel to fulfil a broken promise to stop developing settlements on occupied Palestinian land.
Consumers in supermarkets across the EU would be made aware their purchases were giving financial support to the Israeli occupation.
Israel's policy of building Jewish communities on the occupied West Bank is illegal under international law.
The plan has echoes of the labelling system for South African fruit and vegetables during apartheid which led some British consumers to deliberately shun produce from white-run South Africa.
But Israel feels the labelling idea is part of a broader attempt by left-wing elements in Britain to ostracise the Jewish state.
