Politicians, diplomats and academics urge European Union to go a step further, after the European Court of Justice ruled settlement products must be labelled
November 18, 2019 16:39
Thirteen Israeli public figures have signed an open letter calling for the European Union to ban the import of goods man in Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
The European Court of Justice ruled last week that items must be clearly labelled if they are manufactured in the settlements, which are considered occupied territory by the international community.
“We believe that accurate labelling of settlement products is an important step but is insufficient,” the letter to the Guardian newspaper reads.
The letter was signed by 13 notable Israelis and public intellectuals, including Avraham Burg, the former Knesset speaker and head of the Jewish Agency and former Attorney General Prof Michael Ben-Yair – as well as Israeli ex-ambassadors Ilan Baruch, Prof Eli Barnavi, Erella Hadar and Dr Alon Liel.
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