Testing the occupation
Identifying mislabelled food from illegal Israeli settlements in European supermarkets through isotopic testing
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Since 1967, Israel has been occupying parts of Palestina. This has disastrous effects on the Palestinian population, both economically as in terms of human rights.
The EU orders that if a product comes from an “Israeli settlement”, that must be explicitly stated on the package or on the shelf. However, this is never done in Dutch supermarkets.
SOMO is trying to investigate the scope of imported fruit and vegetables to the Netherlands from illegal Israeli settlements.
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And what it means for the fruit and vegetables in Dutch supermarkets
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From the Dutch Customs Administration to the court
SOMO’s search for fruit and vegetables from the occupied Palestinian territories
