New Delhi, July 18 -- BRUSSELS - The strawberries arrive labeled as Israeli. So do the herbs, the cherry tomatoes, the dates. Some come from kibbutzim within Israel's 1948 borders. But a significant portion, according to a forensic examination of over 30,000 shipping documents, originates in illegal settlements built on occupied Palestinian land in the West Bank and Golan Heights, blended with genuine Israeli stock before export. Belgium's cabinet decided Friday that its supermarket shelves should not be part of that supply chain.

At its last meeting before the summer recess, the Belgian federal government approved a ban on importing goods produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, Anadolu Agency reported, c...