Why a Christian group is suing the Dutch government for West Bank trade ban
Dutch group Christians for Israel is taking the government to court in the Netherlands over its plans to introduce a ban on importing goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and Golan Heights. The ban, which was announced in July, is due to take effect on September 22 and will run for three years.
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- Fact 1: The ban, which was announced in July, is due to take effect on September 22 and will run for three years.
- Fact 2: Israeli forces raid UNRWA training centre in occupied East Jerusalem How Israel’s Netanyahu weaponises religion in his war rhetoric US lawmakers urge Trump team to free American student held by Israel But the Israel Product Centre (IPC), part of Christians for Israel (CvI), a Dutch evangelical organisation which a recent study found has donated about $300,000 to illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, has responded by filing summary proceedings against the state, with the hearing due today.
- Fact 3: The IPC argues the measure is “one-sided” and that the window it now has to clear its existing stock – some 20,000 bottles of wine – is too short.
- Fact 4: In February 2020, the Dutch advocacy group DocP urged consumers to file complaints with the Dutch food safety authority, NVWA, if they found wine and Dead Sea cosmetics had been mislabelled.
Dutch group Christians for Israel is taking the government to court in the Netherlands over its plans to introduce a ban on importing goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and Golan Heights. The ban, which was announced in July, is due to take effect on September 22 and will run for three years.
It bars importing, buying and selling goods produced in Israeli settlements, as well as intermediary services and any attempt to circumvent the rules. Israeli forces raid UNRWA training centre in occupied East Jerusalem How Israel’s Netanyahu weaponises religion in his war rhetoric US lawmakers urge Trump team to free American student held by Israel But the Israel Product Centre (IPC), part of Christians for Israel (CvI), a Dutch evangelical organisation which a recent study found has donated about $300,000 to illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, has responded by filing summary proceedings against the state, with the hearing due today. Here’s what we know about this case.
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Original source: Al Jazeera
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