Ex-SGP MP Buys Israeli Wine Day After Settlement Ban Takes Effect to Make a "Statement"
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Ex-SGP MP buys Israeli wine day after settlement ban takes effect to make a "statement"
Former SGP member of parliament Roelof Bisschop said on the Christian television channel Family7 that the day after the ban on products from illegal Israeli settlements int the West Bank took effect last week, he deliberately bought two bottles of Israeli wine. He said he wanted to make a “statement” out of irritation at the government’s decision that he disagrees with.
Activists from the international BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) movement have reported former SGP Member of Parliament Roelof Bisschop to the Fiscal Intelligence and Investigation Service (FIOD).
Is former SGP MP Roelof Bisschop the first to risk prosecution for violating the trade ban on goods from illegal settlements in Israeli-occupied territories? Bisschop stated on a program on Christian TV channel Family7 that he deliberately bought two bottles of Israeli wine last week, the day after the ban came into effect. He wanted to make a "statement," he explained, out of annoyance over a cabinet decision with which he fundamentally disagr…
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