From Senators urge Trump to label products from settlements as ‘Made in Israel’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleRepublican US senators are urging President Donald Trump to move to label products from Israeli settlements as “Made in Israel,” Axios reports.
In a letter to Trump, Senators Tom Cotton and Marco Rubio say the move is necessary to fight efforts to boycott Israel.
The two note that according to current, unenforced law, such products are to be labeled “Made in West Bank.” They cite concern that “a future administration could choose to enforce these rules.
“This decision would be yet another achievement by your administration that would support Israel and would push back against anti-Semitism and the BDS movement.
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