Posted on 11/12/2019 3:54:55 PM PST by Eleutheria5
Jason Greenblatt, the former US Representative for International Negotiations on Tuesday denounced the ruling by the European Court of Justice that all EU member states must label products from Judea and Samaria, eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights as ones manufactured in an Israeli settlement.
A hypocritical/political decision! So-called settlements are actually cities & neighborhoods; nonsense to pretend otherwise. Peace will only come-if at all-via direct negotiations. This decision harms prospects for peace & ultimately hurts Palestinians, said Greenblatt.
Israels foreign ministry said earlier it strongly rejects the EU courts ruling, decrying a "double standard".
The secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Saeb Erekat, welcomed the ruling.
"We welcome the decision of the European Court of Justice and call upon all European countries to implement what is a legal and political obligation," said Erekat.
"Our demand is not only for the correct labelling reflecting the certificate of origin of products coming from illegal colonial settlements, but for the banning of those products...
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
“Settlement” = any place where Jews live. Cf “Pale of Settlement”.
The EU is only too eager to sell their beer, candy and beauty products to us “settlers”. Apparently, they have no problem taking our money.
The arabs genocided them fair and square at least eleventy billion years ago
While there are still many good honest people in Europe, we must remember that Brussels was never de-Nazified. The EUroNazis (4th Reich) just keeps OUTING itself ... but fortunately it cannot tell Jewish People where they may or many not live, or..worse, whether they may or may not live.
No more. No mas. all the Nazis can do is fulminate and smear and pout.
Why not just make them put the Star of David on it to make your Nazism complete?
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Who would think Europe could be hypocritical in their actions toward Jews. Should be the worst thing. My guess most people who would boycott produce from the "settlements" wouldn't buy an Israeli product anyway. Related threads
A hypocritical/political decision! So-called 'settlements' are actually cities & neighborhoods; nonsense to pretend otherwise.
Thanks Eleutheria5.
As long as they are putting the labels on for informational purposes, it’s possible to turn the malicious intent on its head. Support the girl-cott. Buy to defy.
Good, the labels will indicate which products to buy
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