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Slovenia boycotts Israeli products

SHAFAQNA – Mercator, Slovenia’s largest supermarket chain, has removed Israeli products from its shelves – including pomelos, dates and avocados, following pressure from the BDS movement, Ynetnews newspaper reported Wednesday.

The Slovenian ambassador to Israel was this week summoned for a discussion at the Foreign Ministry in Occupied Jerusalem, the same source added.

According to the newspaper, senior Israeli ministry officials explained the seriousness with which the Israeli occupation views the affair.

Israel’s ambassador to Slovenia, Shmuel Meirom, is expected to arrive in the country soon in order to raise the issue with Slovenia’s Foreign Ministry, as well as with Mercator’s management.

In 2014, the chain attempted to boycott Israeli “JAFFA”-branded grapefruits, again following pressure from BDS activists.

The move comes a couple of days after the European Union Foreign Ministers pushed for boycotting Israeli products manufactured in illegal settlements, a move dubbed by observers a barefaced condemnation of Israel’s illegitimate settlement policies in the occupied Palestinian territories.

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