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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 478

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US President Joe Biden, right, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, July 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
September 25, 2024, 10:45 pm
US officials weighing steps Biden could take to preserve two-states after election
Sanctioning Ben Gvir and Smotrich is at the top of a list that would get longer if Harris wins, US officials tell ToI; could also include leveraging US security aid to Israel
By Jacob Magid
Huib Kriekaard and Ina Straatsma-Elzes work at the Israel Product Center in the headquarters of the Christians for Israel group in the Dutch town of Nijkerk, June 5, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
August 20, 2024, 4:47 am
In Holland’s Bible belt, a Christian family’s pro-Israel empire shifts into overdrive
Since the October 7 Hamas massacre, the 45-year-old Christians for Israel’s product sales, public engagement – and risk exposure – have vastly increased
By Canaan Lidor
A worker collects olive oil bottles at the Meshek Achiya factory, in the West Bank outpost of Ahiya, on December 14th, 2016. (Sebi Berens/Flash90)
June 11, 2022, 11:58 pm
Israel bristles as Norway mandates labels for produce from West Bank, Golan
Oslo says foodstuffs from outside recognized borders ‘must be marked with area from which the product comes’; Jerusalem warns move ‘will negatively impact bilateral ties’
By ToI Staff
Israeli winemaker Yaakov Berg holds a bottle of his red blend named after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the Psagot Winery in the Sha'ar Binyamin industrial park near the Psagot settlement in the West Bank, north of Jerusalem on November 18, 2020. (Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP)
December 24, 2020, 10:21 am
US begins to label settlement products as ‘Made in Israel’
Policy shift was announced by Pompeo during unprecedented recent visit to a West Bank winery; unclear if Biden administration will uphold it
By ToI Staff
Tura Winery co-owner Vered Ben Sa’adon, right, and Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan, second from left, attend a signing ceremony for a business deal in Dubai, December 7, 2020 (courtesy Tura Winery)
December 9, 2020, 2:48 pm
No labels: Israel’s new Gulf partners seem happy to do business with settlements
Wine from the Golan, olive oil from the West Bank — despite the political sensitivities, companies in UAE and Bahrain appear unfazed about where their trading partners are located
By Raphael Ahren
In this file photo taken on December 11, 2019, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo holds a press conference at the State Department in Washington, DC. (Saul Loeb/AFP)
February 13, 2020, 7:33 pm
Pompeo says settlement blacklist shows UN’s ‘unrelenting anti-Israel bias’
Secretary of state ‘outraged’ at release of database, calls on other nations to counter bid to ‘facilitate’ BDS campaign
By Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet speaks in Geneva, March 20, 2019. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
February 12, 2020, 9:20 pm
Israel freezes ties with UN rights chief after release of settlement blacklist
FM Israel Katz says he ordered ‘exceptional and harsh measure’ in retaliation for Commissioner Michelle Bachelet’s office promoting the anti-Israel boycott movement
By Raphael Ahren
In this photo from January 17, 2016, Moshe Gordon sits outside his guest house advertised on the Airbnb international home-sharing site in Nofei Prat settlement in the West Bank. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)
February 12, 2020, 6:30 pm
UN human rights agency releases blacklist of 112 companies that aid settlements
Database was four years in the making; Israelis vow to fight ‘anti-Semitic’ list, while Palestinians hail ‘victory for international law’
By Raphael Ahren
BDS activist protest against an Israeli-Palestinian delegation in Madrid, Spain (video screenshot)
December 12, 2019, 3:57 pm
BDS activists hurl insults at delegation of settlers and Palestinians in Madrid
Group in Spain to lobby against labeling of settlements products; Palestinian members derided as traitors by demonstrators
By ToI Staff
Jewish workers work at Beit El winery in the Jewish settlement of Beit El in the West Bank, September 4, 2019. (Hillel Maeir/Flash90)
December 2, 2019, 6:43 am
On labeling settlement goods, the European Union is far from united
ToI asks 10 member states how last month’s court decision will affect their policy. Some eagerly reaffirmed their existing labeling regime, some demurred, France refused to comment
By Raphael Ahren
In this Tuesday, February 11, 2014 photo, Israeli workers inspect barrels in a winery in the West Bank settlement of Psagot. (photo credit: AP/Dan Balilty)
November 16, 2019, 8:41 am
13 Israeli public figures call on EU to ban the import of settlement goods
In open letter, notables including former Knesset speaker, former ambassadors say ‘occupation is morally corrosive, strategically shortsighted, and thoroughly detrimental to peace’
By ToI Staff and Raphael Ahren
The Gush Etzion winery in the West Bank, July 18, 2019. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
November 14, 2019, 3:27 pm
Europe is failing to implement EU settlement labeling directive, study shows
Survey by pro-Palestinian group finds 9 out of 10 wines from Golan and West Bank in European stores don’t comply with 2015 policy declared legally binding by EU court Tuesday
By Raphael Ahren
View of the fields at the Psagot vineyard in the West Bank near the city of Ramallah on December 13, 2012. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 13, 2019, 5:20 pm
US condemns ‘anti-Israel bias’ in EU court verdict on settlement labeling
Israel thanks State Department for its ‘moral clarity’; EU spokesperson tells TOI: Requirement is ‘not discriminatory and it is not against Israel’
By Raphael Ahren
Israel Katz attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on February 17, 2019. (Sebastian Scheiner/Pool/AFP)
November 12, 2019, 6:26 pm
Israel rejects ‘unacceptable’ EU court decision on settlement labeling
FM Katz vows to prevent implementation of ‘gravely flawed policy,’ argues it contradicts Brussels’ position that peace must be a result of bilateral negotiations, not legal rulings
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative. A hearing of the Court of Justice of the European Union. (Court of Justice of the European Union)
November 12, 2019, 12:35 pm
In landmark ruling, EU’s top court says settlement product labeling mandatory
Palestinians fete decision, urge Europeans not only to label but to ban West Bank goods; EU delegation in Ramat Gan: We still reject ‘any form of boycott or sanctions’ on Israel
By Raphael Ahren
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