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.
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."
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
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