Food grown on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied territories is being sold in Britain, often to customers who assume they are buying goods from Palestinian-owned farms.
Tesco, Sainsbury's, Waitrose and Somerfield have all admitted sourcing produce from Israeli-owned farms on Palestinian territory but claimed that labelling the goods 'origin: West Bank' gave enough information for the customer to make an informed choice.
Even rightwing Foreign Secretary David Miliband was concerned enough about the issue to raise it with British officials in Jerusalem during his visit there last November.
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Although we can't overturn capitalism through individuals boycotting certain goods, would a collective campaign like this have an impact. I know that similar campaigns were put in place over South African Apartheid-how does this boycott compare? Answers below please...
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