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EU Drive to Label West Bank Settlement Exports Unlikely to Harm Israel
(Ha'aretz) Judy Maltz - With the EU planning to require labeling of all goods produced in the West Bank, Golan Heights and east Jerusalem, how much are these goods actually sold in Europe? A high-ranking Israeli authority on foreign trade matters said the overwhelming majority of industrial exports from these areas are not finished goods, but rather components - pipes, tubes, spare parts - that rarely find their way onto supermarket or department store shelves. Agricultural exports to Europe from these areas total no more than "a few million dollars," mostly dates and grapes grown in the Jordan Valley.