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Dutch shoppers - Timmermans' arrival has seen the Netherlands switch sides (Photo: zoetnet)

Leading EU countries to stigmatise Israeli settler goods

France and the Netherlands have joined an initiative by 13 EU states to help European consumers boycott goods made by Israeli settlers on Palestinian land.

Foreign ministers from the group - which also includes Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and the UK - put forward their ideas in a letter to EU foreign relations chief Catherine Ashton on 11 April.

The text - seen by EUobserver - says they "welcome [Ashton's] commitment t...

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