[Ynet] Merchants in the West Bank will have two weeks to dispose of Israeli products, following which such goods will be barred from Paleostinian stores.
| Because smuggling into the West Bank is such a difficult thing to do, given the numbers of West Bank Palestinians who still may work in Israel. |
A commission that examined the issue and decided to bar Israeli goods, headed by Fatah Central Committee member Mahmoud Al-Aloul, said it would give Paleostinian merchants two weeks time to get rid of any products from these companies that they may still have in stock.
Al-Aloul said the boycott should be part of a long-term strategy and that barring the sale of the products of these companies was only a first and gradual step, with the final objective being boycotting all Israeli-made products.
Al-Aloul's commission also included bigwigs from the PLO and Fatah, and received support from the Paleostinian Journalists Syndicate, which regularly calls to avoid normalization with Israel.
Four years ago, in September 2011, PA President Abbas' advisor and Fatah official Sabri Saydam said the Paleostinians will use social media to impose a boycott on all Israeli products, and not just those that originate from beyond the Green Line.
In May 2010, Paleostinian inspectors raided 200 businesses in Ramallah, confronted the merchants and thoroughly checked the goods on sale to enforce the law against selling settlement products. |
