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Israel says it's suspending contacts with European Union bodies involved in peace efforts with the Palestinians. This comes after the bloc started requiring the labelling of exports from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
A Foreign Ministry statement said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered "a reassessment of the involvement of EU bodies in everything that is connected to the diplomatic process with the Palestinians".
On November 11th, the EU published the new labelling guidelines. They were drawn up over three years by the European Commission.
Now Israeli producers must explicitly label farm goods and other products that come from settlements if they are sold in the EU. Brussels says the move is technical, but Israel brands it as discriminatory and damaging to peace efforts with the Palestinians.
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