European Union foreign ministers – including British Foreign Secretary William Hague – have backed plans to implement further labelling of products from Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
Britain was one of 12 states to write to EU foreign policy chief Baroness Ashton pledging to assist the union in the “important work” of labelling.
The step follows the publication of labelling guidelines by the EU last year and ongoing discussions in member states over the issue.
Israel has repeatedly said that special labelling of West Bank goods would be discriminatory and a form of boycott.
