• Abbas orders ban on goods produced in Israeli settlements

    Posted on April 26, 2010

    By Reuters Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday banned trade in goods made by Israelis living in West Bank settlements, stepping up a campaign to build support for an international ban. “President Abbas today issued a law banning trade in goods made in settlements,” Abbas’s legal adviser Hassan al-Awri told Reuters. Offenders will face jail […]

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  • BNC welcomes landmark EU court ruling, calls for intensifying grassroots BDS

    Posted on March 15, 2010

    Palestine- 15 March: The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Campaign National Committee (BNC) welcomes the long overdue ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union that Israeli products originating from Israel’s colonial settlements built on Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) do not qualify for preferential customs treatment under the EC-Israel trade agreement[1]. According to the […]

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  • Is PA Guilty of Undermining BDS Campaign?

    Posted on March 11, 2010

    Samah Sabawi [Palestine Chronicle] 10 March 2010 – In 2008 Netanyahu announced during his election campaign that he plans to ‘weave an economic peace alongside the political process which will give a stake in peace for the moderate elements in the Palestinian society’. (1) Since its election, the Netanyahu government has made “economic peace” central […]

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  • Campaign Launched to Clear Azzeh Refugee Camp (Bethlehem) of Israeli Products

    Posted on March 9, 2010

    1 March 2010 – Today marks the first day of Israeli Apartheid Week in cities around the world. The week of activities, which was started by a group of activists in Toronto, Canada in 2005, has grown to become one of the main highlights of global activism in support of the rights of Palestinians, and […]

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  • Campaign Launched to Clear Bethlehem University of Israeli Products

    Posted on March 9, 2010

    4 March 2010 – Dozens of students at Bethlehem University spread out through their campus today asking other students to sign a petition that calls on the university administration to ban Israeli products from their campus. The petition states that “Israeli products are found in all parts of the university campus, and include cafeteria food, […]

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  • Palestinian Authority steps up boycott of goods made in Israeli settlements in West Bank

    Posted on February 27, 2010

    The Palestinian Authority is intensifying its bid to boycott goods made in Israeli settlements in the West Bank, even as the EU Thursday said such products could not qualify as duty free imports. The effort takes a different approach to the struggle against Israeli occupation. Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, throws a package into a […]

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  • EU court: West Bank goods are not Israeli

    Posted on February 27, 2010

    EU high court says Israeli goods made in West Bank fall outside of EU-Israel trade accord Robert Wielaard, Associated Press Writer, On Thursday February 25, 2010, 9:44 am EST BRUSSELS (AP) — In a ruling touching on the status of the West Bank, the European Union high court said Thursday the disputed area is not […]

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  • PA customs agents continue to enforce settlement goods ban

    Posted on February 19, 2010

    Ramallah – Ma’an – Approximately one and a half tonnes of cardboard two tons of processed pastry dough produced in settlements built on Palestinian lands in the West Bank were seized by Palestinian police said customs officers on Thursday. The public relations and information office said it was waiting for the go-ahead from the Internal […]

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  • Settlement products destroyed in Salfit

    Posted on February 17, 2010

    Salfit – Ma’an – Crews from the caretaker Ministry of the Economy, customs officers and the Palestinian Authority preventive security department seized and destroyed 20,000 shekels (5,355 US dollars) of settlement goods on Wednesday, officials said. The economy ministry said the goods included detergents and plastic containers produced in the illegal settlement of Qarne Shomron, […]

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  • Settlement goods banned in PA-controlled cities

    Posted on February 16, 2010

    Ramallah – Ma’an – The cabinet of the Ramallah-based Palestinian government voted on Monday to approve a law prohibiting the entrance of settlement goods into areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority. During the weekly cabinet meeting in Ramallah, ministers said they approved the legislation as settlements amount to “an attack on the Palestinian territories, and […]

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