Last week, the Dutch parliament passed a non-binding motion that contradicted a new labeling policy imposed by the European Union on goods made in Israeli settlement. The motion referred to products from Western Sahara, stressing that decision against Israel is «discriminatory».
Pro-Polisario activists are planning to «besiege» a ship carrying a phosphate cargo from the Sahara to a New Zealand port in December, protesting against two Kiwi phosphate importers.