From time to time, the Palestine Center distributes articles it believes will enhance understanding of the Palestinian political reality. The following article by Eyal Press was published by NYT on January 26, 2016.
“When ‘Made in Israel’ Is a Human Rights Abuse”
Just before Christmas, Ron Dermer, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, sent the White House a box of holiday gifts with a pointed political message. Inside were items (body lotion, halvah, olive oil) produced in Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Or rather, as Mr. Dermer put it in an accompanying letter, in Judea and Samaria — the term used by religious nationalists who see the settlements as no less a part of Israel than the Galilee or Tel Aviv.
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