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Workers seen at a vineyard in the Israeli settlement bloc of Gush Etzion, occupied West Bank, September 3, 2020. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

The theft at the heart of Israel’s booming wine industry

After seizing Palestinian land, settlers are replanting it with vineyards — then exporting their wine as ‘Made in Israel’ to obscure its origins.

By Marta Vidal and Meriem Laribi January 30, 2026

Benjamin Netanyahu greets EU Foreign Policy chief Federica Mogherini in Jerusalem, May 20, 2015. (EU photo)

Israel is egging the boycott movement on

In attempting to hold off European plans to label West Bank settlement products, Israel could easily overplay its hand. The Netanyahu government’s bunker mentality will only increase international isolation. It’s pretty difficult to find a minister in the Israeli government who will go on record supporting a two-state solution in any sincere terms these days.…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man September 27, 2015

A mango labeled with a sticker reading "Made in Israel" and written in Arabic, seen in a market in Amman city, Jordan, August 28,2012. The mangoes are produced by the Israeli company "Zemach", based in the illegal Jewish settlement block of the Jordan valley in the West Bank. (photo by: Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)

Labeling settlement goods only strengthens the occupation

When the Israeli government does everything in its power to erase the Green Line and subjugate the Palestinian economy, boycotting settlement goods does little to challenge the regime. In order to understand the decision by the European Parliament on Thursday to overwhelmingly support a motion in support of labeling of goods produced in West Bank…

By Haggai Matar September 11, 2015

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Expansion and building of new settlement units of Beit Aryeh on the land of the West Bank village of Abud, near Ramallah, September 13, 2013. (Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)

What’s the significance of a ‘settlement-free Europe?’

The direct effects of official sanctions against Israeli settlements are limited. But the momentum created by such moves inspires and pushes private actors to take their own steps in the same direction. France on Tuesday published a warning to its citizens against doing business in or with Israeli settlements in the West Bank, Golan Heights…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man June 25, 2014

Panel of the Israeli Supreme Court (file photo, Activestills.org)

Boycott goes on trial in Israel’s High Court

Civil rights organizations argue the ‘anti-boycott law’ has created a chilling effect, stifling debate on one of the most divisive issues facing Israeli society. If that’s the case, the state counters, then how has BDS grown so much in recent years? In a hearing that felt at times like the political boycott itself was on…

By Dahlia Scheindlin February 16, 2014

Har Homa settlement, East Jerusalem (Anne Paq / Activestills)

Hiding from the boycott: An industry of settlement deceit

Despite their intentions, the new EU guidelines may serve as a boost for an already growing industry of lies and deceit, meant to hide away settlement products and other forms of occupation profiteering. Judging by the front pages of all Israeli newspapers today (Wednesday), the new European Union guidelines have nearly put the country in…

By Haggai Matar July 17, 2013

An Israeli solider attempts to arrest an activist during a protest in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, August 31, 2012. (photo by: Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

A week in photos: August 30-September 5

Demonstrations against the imprisonment of refugees and asylum seekers, protests in Ramallah over the high cost of living, an anti-war candlelight vigil, and more. Activestills images tell the stories of the week.

By Activestills September 6, 2012