Palestinians, Advocates Blast New U.S. Rule Requiring 'Made in Israel' Label on Settlement Goods

Brett Wilkins is a staff writer for Common Dreams.

Palestinian officials and international peace activists condemned a Trump administration order that went into effect earlier this week requiring goods produced in a large portion of the illegally occupied West Bank of Palestine to be labeled 'Made in Israel .' 'The outgoing U.S. administration to the American citizens to make them complicit in the theft of the natural resources and capabilities of the Palestinian people.'--Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs U.S.

' Pompeo was referring to the 1978 State Department legal opinion --which held until the Trump administration officially repudiated it last year--that as a 'belligerent occupant,' Israel had no right to establish such settlements. Under international law including the Fourth Geneva Convention, both Israel's occupation and settlements are illegal.

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