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Belgian airline backtracks, will serve West Bank-made halva

(JTA) – Belgium’s biggest airline said it would serve a West Bank-produced halva snack after pulling the sesame treat from its flights following complaints by the Palestine Solidarity Movement, a proponent of the BDS movement. While Brussels Airlines said last week it did not order the halva and the snack was served on its flight by mistake, the airline now issued a statement saying, “It is clear that Achva remains one of our trustful suppliers and without any distinction related to the origin of the product, and therefore we will continue to accept Achva’s products on board our flights, especially given its positive role in the community. Achva is located in the Barkan Industrial Park near the city of Ariel in the northern West Bank. The change came about through “the quick work of the Foreign Ministry, at the direction of Dore Gold, the deputy head of public advocacy and the advocacy unit, and our embassies in Brussels and Berlin,” according to a Foreign Ministry statement.

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