Israel Sets up Special Ministry to Tackle BDS
Date
11/5/2015 1:50:52 AM
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) Israeli affairs analyst Anton Shalhat said on Tuesday that the decision to set up a newministry especially to tackle international boycotts against Israelproves the danger of such campaigns on the country’s economyAnadoluhas reported.
He explained that the increasing boycott mainly economic campaigns have started topose a threat to the economyof the Israeli settlements in the context of a slow-down in the overall economy.
The Knesset decided to set up the new ministry to focus on the boycott divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign. Last year theEU started to boycott goods originating on Israel’s illegal settlements; the boycottincludes academic engagement and investments. Goods from settlements must now be labelled as such within the EU.
Exports from the settlements constitute 8 per cent of all Israeli exports the value of which was estimated last year at $95 billion.
According to BDS Coordinator Mahmoud Al-Nawajaa simply labelling settlement goods is not good enough.EU law bans all imports from settlements in the occupied West Bank he explained. “So why are the goods being allowed into Europe in the first place?”
Legal Disclaimer:
MENAFN provides the information “as is” without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the provider above.