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Israeli Embassy to Source All Holiday Gifts from Settlements in Occupied Territories

HeadlineDec 23, 2015

The Israeli ambassador to the United States has announced that all holiday gifts from the embassy this year will be deliberately sourced from settlements in the Occupied Territories in an effort to counter the global boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign. In a major victory for the BDS campaign, the European Union recently announced that some goods produced in Israeli-occupied land must be labeled “made in settlements.”

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