Social media claims that ‘Israel has changed its barcode’ are misleading

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A Facebook post with more than 38,000 shares claims Israel has “changed its barcode from 729 to 841 and now to 871 in order to avoid boycott of its...

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https://fullfact.org/online/israel-barcode-numbers-repeat/

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