A senior Palestinian National Authority (PNA) official on Monday announced that the PNA would start soon a new activity of boycotting products made at Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
Hassan Abu Lebda, the PNA minister of economy, told the weekly media program "Face the Press" organized by the Information Ministry, that the new activity of boycotting the products is called "from home to home."
"The campaign will be launched on Tuesday, The campaign's representatives will move from one house to another to explain how important the boycott of settlements products is," said Abu Lebda.
He added that there are 3,000 volunteers backed by the official and economical bodies and associations all over the West Bank " will visit every single house urging them to boycott 500 different kinds of products."
According to official figures, "the Palestinian markets consume 200 million dollars every year of products made in West Bank settlements."
"This means that the Palestinian areas are part of the economy of the Israeli settlements," said Abu Lebda, stressing that the PNA campaign to boycott the settlements products "is a serious attempt to create a harmony with the official political Palestinian stance that opposes settlement."
Earlier on Monday, the Israeli media reported that around 17 Israeli factories had shut down since the PNA launched its campaign of boycotting the Israeli settlements products in 2009.
Last month, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the PNA government of Prime Minister Salam Fayyad approved a decision, which calls on the Palestinians to boycott the products made in the Israeli settlements.
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