APN Gives a Lecture on how to Resist Normalization within Agriculture at the Islamic Action Front | The Arab Group for the Protection of Nature
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جبهة العمل الإسلامي تستضيف العربية حول مقاومة التطبيع

On 20/01/2018, APN General Manager Mariam Al Jaajaa and Nisreen Haj Ahmed from BDS were invited to speak at the 2nd meeting on Resisting Normalization which was organized by the Women Constituency at the Islamic Action Front.

Al Jaajaa spoke about means of resisting normalization in the agricultural sector and revealed the decline in fruit and vegetable imports from Israel; from 5957 tons in 2013, to merely 196 tons in 2017. She noted that “This was largely due to the heightened public awareness on the significance of economic boycott, and as a result of activists pushing for laws that require traders to disclose the area of origin of fruits and vegetables”.

However, Al Jaajaa was quick to point out that there is still a degree of forging whereby “Made in the West Bank” is used in situations where the fruits and vegetables are produced in settlements. This is used to bypass the law that restricts importing food products from illegal settlements. Therefore, she calls on buyers to submit complaints to the Ministry of Industry when traders are found not to comply with national legislation.