Importing
Occupation

Europe’s Complicity in Palestinian Dispossession through Settlement Agricultural Trade

A new four-year investigation by Global Echo Litigation Center has uncovered a complex system by which food products originating from illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian and Syrian territory enter European markets, declaring preferential tax status reserved for Israeli goods and bearing invalid organic and plant health certifications, undermining EU and UK laws. The investigation draws on more than 30,000 export documents, cross-referenced with government data on agricultural plots, extensive field investigations, and interviews with senior industry representatives of Israeli exporters, packing houses, and producers. The investigative report, Importing Occupation, can be found here: