Posted on 11/12/2015 2:35:21 PM PST by Olog-hai
US President Barack Obama's administration on Thursday voiced its approval of the discriminatory EU decision the day before to label Jewish goods from Judea, Samaria, eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.
The administration said the move is only a "technical guideline," and is not a boycott, reports Associated Press - despite the obvious assumption that consumers would follow the labeling when choosing what products to buy.
US State Department spokesperson Mark Toner said, "we do not believe that labeling the origin of products is equivalent to a boycott. And as you know, we do not consider settlements to be part of Israel. We do not view labeling the origin of products as being from the settlements as a boycott of Israel." ...
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
It’s crazy, isn’t it? It’s like the, ‘Occupy Anything’ crowd that, ‘protests’ with their friggin’ iPhones and iPads, LOL!
I especially love those freaks going after the Coal Industry.
Coal = Electricity! Useful Idiots, All!
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Soon he'll propose it for the US. Why don't we have state or city labeling in the US, it would affect some of my purchases
For some online sources of Israeli wines, google “Israeli Wines List.” Lots also availablel in U.S. stores. Israel has many internationally awarded wines - really excellent.
Also, those molded plastic tote boxes at the big box stores. Keter is one brand. Molded products, included sheds, resin furniture, storage containers.
also try googling “Israeli products.
one that pops up is “Israeliproducts.com”
Go to the kosher sections of supermarkets for many Israeli food products.
Best of all is to visit Israel. Great cuisine and interesting history and sites.
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