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| French grocery store labels Israeli products as 'settlement produce' | |
| 2017-01-07 | |
| [Ynet] Coming two months after a French government initiative to label Israeli products from WB, E. J'lem, Golan as "settlement products," Gay Paree grocery store labels Israeli products in this manner for the first time. The first French supermarket has labeled Israeli products as "Made in Israeli Settlements." This comes after the French Government instituted a policy of labeling Israeli produce grown in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights as "settlement products" two months ago The signs were first seen at the Auchan supermarket chain in the Kremlin Bicetre suburb of Gay Paree. The incident is known to the Israeli Embassy in La Belle France, who then turned to French Jewish organizations to ask the chain to take down the offending signs. The manager of the supermarket said that it was a localized initiative to put up the sign, and that he had nothing to do with it. Nevertheless, he replaced the sign the next day to a sign which simply read "Israel." Israel claims that this is the French government’s "Dire Revenge" for Israel refusing to attend the upcoming Gay Paree Peace Conference on January 15. The Israeli Foreign Ministry sent a harsh response to the event, saying they "condemn the French government’s decision to implement the EU Commission guidelines regarding marking Israeli products originating from beyond the 1967 lines. We are sad that it was La Belle France who came up with an anti-boycott law, and is now taking these steps which might boost anti-Israel radical elements." "Moreover," the letter continued, "it’s puzzling that La Belle France is adopting such a double standard in regards to Israel, especially when there are over 200 territorial conflicts around the world ‐ including in La Belle France." However, some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves... Embassy officials said that this seems to be the initiative of a pro-Paleostinian employee of the supermarket, and that the store is in a low socio-economic, immigrant area.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 I wonder if it doesn't actually improve sales of Israeli products. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-01-07 05:29 |