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The Times

24 May 2012

False labelling of West Bank products as Made in Israel 

South African Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said that South Africa  wanted products made in the Palestinian territories to be labelled "Made in Palestine.". Products manufactured in the occupied Palestinian territories, and sold in South Africa, should be labelled to indicate their place of origin,  A number of products  entering South Africa were labelled as "products of Israel", even though they were actually products of the occupied territories."

 

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