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Thousands of French protesters have rallied against the import of
Israeli goods produced in Palestinian territories.

Monday’s demonstration comes less then a month after the European
Union’s Court of Justice ruled that Israeli goods made in Jewish
settlements in the occupied West Bank cannot be considered Israeli.

This means that those products cannot benefit from a trade deal
giving Israel preferential access to EU markets.

The protesters, who came from all over France, symbolically gathered
in the streets of the Mediterranean port of Sete — a hub for the
biggest Israeli food exporter, Agrexco.

Over fifty percent of the company, selling over 300,000 tons of
fresh fruits and vegetables to Europe, is owned by the Israeli regime.

“The EU and Israel have agreed that Israel will get preferential
import taxes on one condition, the goods should not come from occupied
territories. But we know Agrexco grows its products in the occupied
areas and is still benefiting from tax deductions,” Tannich Coupe Sud de
France General Secretary said.

“This is a campaign of stigmatization. It’s not an illusion that the
economy will be demolished, it’s the image of Israel that we are trying
to attack,” Israeli filmmaker Eyal Sivan who also took part in the
event told Press TV.

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