Boycott-of-Israel campaign hits peak worldwide

PIC reported:

A report issued by the National Office for the Defense of Land and Resistance of Settlement on Sunday pointed out the swift pace along which the boycott-of-Israel campaign has been proceeding over the past few days, both nationally and internationally.

The office said the Palestinian Ministry of Economy refused to take delivery of a number of trucks loaded with Israeli products. 

The Palestinian Medical Examination Union also decided to stop the transfer of medical tests to Israeli labs and conduct them within Palestinian laboratories in addition to boycotting Israeli medical products.

The move comes in harmony with the decisions of the Supreme National Committee and the popular movement for the boycott of Israel.

On the international scale, 16 European foreign ministries pushed for the enactment of a law to ensure the clear labeling of goods produced in illegal Israeli settlements and sold across Europe.

The initiative was led by Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders and was supported by ministers from the UK, France, Spain, Denmark, Ireland, Croatia, Malta, the Netherlands, Sweden, Portugal, Slovenia, Italy, Luxembourg, Finland, and Austria.

The report further cited the decision by the French corporate giant Veolia to sell off nearly all of its business activity in Israel as a huge victory for the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The sale follows a worldwide campaign against the company’s role in illegal Israeli settlements that cost the firm billions of dollars of lost contracts. 

The Brussels Court of First Instance held the first hearing of a lawsuit brought against the Belgian government to prevent the entry and selling of Israeli goods in Belgium, the report added.

The BDS-South Africa announced that over 20 South African companies have terminated their contracts with G4S Security over its involvement in Israeli prisons and human rights abuses, the office said.