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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 647

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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
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 24, 2021, 11:00 pm
Israel scuffles with Belgium over labeling of settlement goods
Foreign Ministry says requirement to brand exports ‘harms Israelis and Palestinians alike,’ envoy cancels meetings with Belgian officials
By ToI Staff and AP
(L-R) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Susan Pompeo, Aya Cohen and Mossad chief Yossi Cohen, January 15, 2021. (State Department/Twitter)
January 16, 2021, 5:59 am
Pics with Mossad chief, settlement wines: Pompeo’s departing pro-Israel posts
US secretary of state issues stream of tweets lauding his Middle East accomplishments as his term ends; critics say flurry is inappropriate campaigning from a government account
By Jacob Magid and AP
US President Donald Trump signs an executive order during a news conference at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. (AP/Susan Walsh)
November 23, 2020, 7:39 am
With steps on Israel and Iran, Trump aims to lock in foreign policy before exit
Administration seeks to tie hands of president-elect, but many decisions — including sanctions and West Bank labeling — can be easily reversed by Biden, or simply go unenforced
By Matthew Lee
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at an event with Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab (unseen) at the Institute of Mechanical Engineers in London on January 30, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool/AFP)
February 20, 2020, 7:32 pm
Settlement winery unveils ‘Pompeo’ wine in show of appreciation
Psagot winemakers honor secretary of state for announcing US does not view Israeli communities beyond Green Line as illegal
By Jacob Magid
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
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, chairs a cabinet meeting in the Jordan Valley village of Fasayil, September 16, 2019. (Majdi Mohammed/AP)
February 12, 2020, 10:31 pm
Palestinian Authority says it will ‘pursue’ companies on UN settlements list
PA premier suggests firms operating in West Bank move to areas under Palestinian control, says Ramallah will ‘demand compensation for illegally using our occupied lands’
By 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
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
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
Israeli workers inspects barrels in a winery in the West Bank settlement of Psagot, February 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
September 7, 2019, 3:27 am
Canada to appeal ruling that settlement wines can’t be labeled ‘Made in Israel’
Appeal court to dispute July decision by Canada’s Federal Court that wines produced by Israelis in the West Bank must not be labeled as a product of the Jewish state
By ToI Staff
South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee (L) and Israeli Economy and Industry Minister Eli Cohen stand after signing a free-trade agreement between Israel and the Republic of Korea in Jerusalem on August 21, 2019. (Photo by Gil COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)
August 21, 2019, 7:45 pm
Israel inks free-trade deal with South Korea despite settlement row
Netanyahu hails first-ever such agreement with east Asian nation, which will see removal of tariffs and lower costs for vehicles, medical equipment, cosmetics and video games
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Vered and Erez Ben Sa’adon in a vineyard of Tura Winery, which they founded in 2003 in the West Bank settlement of Rechelim (courtesy Tura Winery)
August 13, 2019, 10:41 pm
Settlers defiant after Canadian court rules their vineyards aren’t in Israel
‘My grandmother was forced to label herself with a yellow patch. I will never label myself,’ one West Bank winemaker fumes, though the government has been apathetic
By Raphael Ahren
Wine barrels age at Psagot Winery, located in a settlement of the same name in the hills of the central West Bank. (Psagot Winery/JTA)
July 30, 2019, 7:21 pm
Israel: Canada ruling on labeling settlement wines ‘encouraging’ BDS
Foreign Ministry vows to challenge Ontario court’s decision that products manufactured by Israelis in West Bank can no longer be marked ‘Made in Israel’
By Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff
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