Israel suspends contact with EU bodies over labelling of West Bank produce

Israel's prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced on 29 November 2015 he had ordered the foreign ministry to carry out a 'reassessment of the involvement of the European Union bodies in everything that is connected to the diplomatic process with the Palestinians'.

The decision followed guidelines issued on the 11 November 2015 by the European Commission requiring exports from Israeli settlements in the West Bank to be labelled as such.

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