Palestinians Boycott Campaign Gains Momentum

Hundreds of activists and university students took to streets of the West Bank on Tuesday and distributed brochures, and lists of 500 goods produced by "Israelis" living in the occupied territories, calling on Palestinians to boycott settlement products.

The Palestinian Authority also held a press conference, briefings and ceremonies in which local governors urged the public to cooperate with the "house to house" campaign.
The campaigners are expected to visit 427,000 Palestinian households.

Activists have visited houses and distributed a 78-page booklet titled "Guide of fighting settlement products".
The booklet includes pictures of food and industrial products, and detergents, with names of settlements that produce them.

They ask residents to sign a "dignity pledge" not to buy settlement products.
The pledge says "We, Palestinian people from different sects, religions, and age groups, meet at the desire and persistence to get rid of settlement traces and remains in our towns, villages, and camps. We will proceed until every Palestinian house is empty of settlement products."

"This house to house campaign is part of the national campaign to combat settlement products and today it has begun in all Palestinian cities," the project's coordinator Haitham Kayali was quoted as saying by AFP.

Bethlehem Governor Abdul Fattah Hamayel said the campaign was a breakthrough in the Palestinian struggle, as part of "the open war against the occupation.
"Our goal is to cut off settlements that harm us and steal our resources on a daily basis," he said.

Nablus governor Jibreen Al Bakri revealed that the boycott has led to the closure of 17 settlement factories thus far, and called on Palestinian public - and especially the merchants - to honor the new law.
The boycott campaign also reached the capital, and Palestinian-appointed governor of Al Quds (Jerusalem) Adnan Al Husseini said it was important because it emphasizes the exploitation that the Palestinians are subjected to. 

Speaking at a press conference in northeast of Al Quds (Jerusalem), Al Husseini said, "I call all the citizens worldwide to boycott the settlement products deemed illegal by the world. We can manage this economic system." 

The boycott aims to encourage 27 members of the European Union to ban trade with enterprises located in the illegal "Israeli" settlements.