The West Bank security barrier could lead to boycotts against Israel, an Israeli Cabinet minister said. Yosef “Tommy” Lapid, Israel’s justice minister, said Israel would be responsible for the South African-style boycott because it set a route for the fence that the international community has not accepted.
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