Slovenia’s largest supermarket chain has resumed selling Israeli produce after briefly capitulating to demands by anti-Israel campaigners, The Times of Israel reported Thursday.

Two days after the Mercator chain removed Israeli produce from its stores following pressure from the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, which seeks to isolate Israel internationally, the grocery giant has placed new orders for Israeli-grown pomelos and avocados.

While Mercator did not say that it supported a boycott, Israel’s Foreign Ministry reportedly confirmed that the chain had ceased ordering Israeli goods. The ministry summoned Slovenian Ambassador Barbara Susnik to register its disapproval of the chain giving into pressure by anti-Israel campaigners.

“The EU-Israel Association Agreement is the basis for Israel’s special status also in relations with Slovenia,” said a spokesman for the Slovenian embassy in response to the reports. “Since 2014 the Slovenian Government has no shares in the Mercator chain. The relations between Israel and Slovenia are traditionally good and marked by diversified cooperation, particularly in the fields of the economy, science, research, high technologies and tourism.”

In 2014, Mercator reportedly briefly stopped stocking Jaffa oranges in response to demands by BDS campaigners, but later reversed its decision.

In November, German department store KaDaWe apologized for removing Israeli wines from its store and resumed selling them after facing a major backlash.

The Czech Republic’s parliament voted last month to reject the European Union’s guidelines for labeling Israeli products that originate in the Golan Heights, West Bank, or parts of Jerusalem. Hungary and Greece have also affirmed their opposition to the EU directive.

Gerald Steinberg, president of the watchdog group NGO Monitor, told a special session of Knesset last year that the EU’s labeling initiative was seen by groups promoting the policy as a “first step” towards a wider boycott of Israel.

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