NETHERLANDS BRANCH OF GERMAN SUPERMARKET ALDI BANS ISRAELI PRODUCTS

Amsterdam, 19 Ramadan 1434/27 July 2013 (MINA) – The Netherlands branch of the German supermarket chain Aldi has started boycotting products from Israeli settlements in a bid to avoid controversy in its sales.

According to a statement released by a spokesman for the Aldi chain on July 22, the decision to boycott the settler goods is applied to Syria’s occupied Golan Heights, West Bank and East al-Quds (Jerusalem).

Earlier this week, a report published by the Amsterdam-based Trouw daily revealed that two major supermarkets in the Netherlands, Hoogvliet and Jumbo, decided to boycott products manufactured in Israeli settlements.

According to report on Press TV quoted by Mi’raj News Agency (MINA), In May the Dutch Foreign Ministry said in a circular that it would be better for retailers to replace “Made in Israel” labels with a label reading as “Product from Israeli settlement.”

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Israel occupied and annexed the Golan Heights in 1967, in a move not recognized by the United Nations and the international community.

Also, the Tel Aviv regime continues expanding its illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.

More than half a million Israelis live in over 120 illegal settlements built since Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East al-Quds in 1967.

The settlements are considered illegal by the international community because the territories were captured by Israel and are hence subject to the Geneva Conventions, which forbid construction on occupied land.

The continued expansion of the Israeli settlements has also created a major obstacle for the efforts to establish peace in the Middle East.(T/P05/P09/E1)

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Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)