Screw the EU, ya bunch of Jew hating hypocrites!
But EU – ChiCom relations couldn’t be better, in spite of their real occupation and genocidal tyranny of Tibet/Tibetans.
Label Europe anti-Israel: The EU is poised to make a huge mistake and hand the BDS movement a major victory
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Delegitimizing Israel
On Wednesday, the European Union is slated to officially announce guidelines mandating the labeling of products from Israeli settlements. This form of economic warfare unfairly targets the Jewish state and lays the foundation for a comprehensive boycott. Put simply, the EU’s punitive act is discriminatory and undercuts the peace process with the Palestinians.
Former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. and current Knesset member Michael Oren put it bluntly last week” “The EU decision to label Israeli products is anti-Semitic.”
To expose the absurdity of the EU sanction — and reciprocate in kind — Oren placed “Made in Europe” stickers on products in an Israeli supermarket.
As he put it: “There are dozens of border disputes and ‘occupations’ in the world, but the EU decided to single out Israel. They are not labeling products from China, India or Turkey — only Israel.”
Eugene Kontorovich, a professor of law at Northwestern University and an expert on the EU’s anti-Israel economic policies, told me the bloc is mandating discriminatory labels on Israeli products at the same time it is actively fighting in court to be able to continue labeling goods from Western Sahara as “Made in Morocco.”
The EU views Western Sahara as not legally part of Morocco — just as it views the West Bank as not part of Israel.
The EU’s anti-Israel policy prompted a strongly worded bipartisan letter from 36 U.S. senators to Federica Mogherini, the EU’s foreign policy head. In the letter, sent by Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Ted Cruz, the lawmakers wrote: “We urge you not to implement this labeling policy, which appears intended to discourage Europeans from purchasing these products and promote a de facto boycott of Israel, a key ally and the only true democracy in the Middle East.”
Putting aside the EU’s singular treatment of Israel, it ought not be lost on us that Europe’s action comes precisely when Palestinians are engaged in a fresh wave of attacks on innocent Israelis.
