EU Answers Israel Boycott Charge
The European Union responded on Wednesday to charges of moving toward a discriminatory labeling policy against products from Yehudah and Shomron, claiming that it’s just a matter of protecting the consumer, The Jerusalem Post reported.
“This is a consumer protection issue first and foremost,” EU Ambassador to Israel Andrew Standley told reporters, denying that it would be what Israeli officials regard as tantamount to a boycott.
“Consumers should have the confidence that what they buy is correctly labeled, according to existing EU rules,” he said.
Earlier in the week European Jewish Congress President Moshe Kantor sent a letter to EU member states sharply criticizing the proposal and comparing it unfavorably to the EU’s failure to list Hizbullah as a terrorist organization.
“At no time, at no stage, has anyone called for [Yehudah and Shomron] products to be prohibited from entering the EU,” Standley said, explaining that such labeling would not require any new regulation, only implementation of existing rules.
This article appeared in print on page 7 of edition of Hamodia.
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