Palestinians on Wednesday hailed a call by Norway’s Oslo Municipality to ban imports of products produced by Israeli settlements within the occupied West Bank.
In a press release, Economy Minister Khalid Al-Esseily termed the Norwegian resolution as “a step in the right way” and a “commitment to the rules of international law that considers all forms of settlement building as illegitimate.”
He mentioned the Palestinian authorities is cooperating with companions “to hold accountable and prosecute companies that are active in settlements.”
The pro-Palestine Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) motion additionally welcomed the ban by the Oslo Municipality.
In a press release, BDS mentioned the ban “followed the decision of the Mayor of Barcelona [in Spain] to freeze relations with the Israeli colonial and apartheid regime.”
Last February, the Municipal Council of town of Barcelona authorised a proposal submitted by left-wing events and town’s mayor to cancel a twinning settlement with the municipality of Tel Aviv.
In June 2022, the Norwegian authorities introduced that the label “Made in Israel” is barely appropriate for Israeli merchandise coming from areas beneath Israeli management earlier than June 1967, which means an exclusion of products produced within the Israeli settlements within the occupied West Bank and the Syrian Golan Heights.
Israeli and Palestinian estimates point out that about 650,000 settlers live in 164 settlements and 116 outposts within the West Bank, together with in occupied East Jerusalem.
Under worldwide regulation, all Jewish settlements in occupied territories are thought-about unlawful.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
