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Israel boycott ban: Shunning Israeli goods to become criminal offence for public bodies and student unions
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of The Independent (One of the UK's leading newspapers)
Posted: February 28th, 2016
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/israel-boycot...
Local councils, public bodies and even some university student unions are to be banned by law from boycotting unethical companies. All publicly funded institutions will lose the freedom to refuse to buy goods and services from companies involved in the arms trade, fossil fuels, tobacco products or Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Any public bodies that continue to pursue boycotts will face severe penalties, ministers said. Underlining the main target of the ban, the formal announcement will be made by the Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock when he visits Israel this week. Israeli companies, along with other firms which have investments in the occupied West Bank, have been among those targeted by unofficial boycotts in the past. In 2014 Leicester City Council passed a policy to boycott goods produced in Israeli settlements in the West Bank while the Scottish Government published a procurement notice to Scottish councils which strongly discourages trade and investment from illegal settlements. Mr. Hancock said the current position where local authorities had autonomy to make ethical purchasing decisions was undermining Britains national security.
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