Palestinians step up boycott of settlement products, distribute lists of 500 targeted goods

Palestinians intensify settlement products boycott

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Hundreds of volunteers in the West Bank have begun distributing a list of 500 Israeli settlement products they want Palestinian consumers to boycott.

Tuesday’s door-to-door drive by university students is part of an intensifying Palestinian campaign against settlement goods.

Israel has built dozens of settlements on captured land the Palestinians want for a state. Palestinian leaders say Palestinians must do whatever they can to deprive settlements of a lifeline.

Last month, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed a law banning work in settlements and the sale of settlement products.

Israel has reacted angrily. The Israelis say business should not be mixed with politics and urging Palestinians to call off the campaign.