





Israeli settlements hit by boycott campaign
Associated Press
NETIV HAGDUD, West Bank — "An international campaign to boycott Israeli settlement products has rapidly turned from a distant nuisance into a harsh economic reality for Israeli farmers in the West Bank’s Jordan Valley."
"The export-driven income of growers in the valleyÂ’s 21 settlements dropped by more than 14 percent, or $29 million, last year, largely because Western European supermarket chains, particularly those in Britain and Scandinavia, are increasingly shunning the areaÂ’s peppers, dates, grapes and fresh herbs, settlers say."
“The damage is enormous,” said David Elhayani, head of the Jordan Valley Regional Council, which represents about 7,000 settlers. “In effect, today, we are almost not selling to the (Western) European market anymore."
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