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June 13, 2019, 6:00 pm
Adviser to EU court says settlement goods should be labeled
According to nonbinding opinion, packaging must state that ‘products originate in the occupied territories’
By AFP
Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn delivers a speech to supporters at a party rally in Glasgow, Scotland, May 28, 2017. (AFP/Andy Buchanan)
December 13, 2017, 8:47 pm
Labour head Corbyn ‘doesn’t support BDS,’ but would boycott settlements
Spokesman forced to clarify UK politician’s position after shadow cabinet member tweets support for anti-Israeli movement
By TOI staff
Emily Thornberry (right) with former Supreme Court justice Dalia Dorner in Jerusalem on November 9, 2017 (Courtesy Labour Friends of Israel)
November 9, 2017, 7:20 pm
Israeli government has lost its way, says Corbyn’s visiting foreign policy chief
Emily Thornberry, UK Labour’s choice for foreign secretary, castigates ‘silly’ Priti Patel, urges recognizing Palestine, won’t buy ‘illegal’ settlement goods but opposes boycotts
By Raphael Ahren
A man working in an olive oil factory in Meshek Achiya in the West Bank, March 3, 2009. (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)
June 27, 2016, 4:49 pm
French town declares boycott of Israeli settlement goods
The council of Bondy, located north of Paris, urges labeling of West Bank products that enter the EU
By JTA
The Detroit skyline. (Andrea_44/Wikimedia Commons/File)
May 17, 2016, 3:03 am
Detroit Jews ask: Are settlement boycotts the same as BDS?
Community’s annual Walk for Israel won’t accept sponsorship from those who support blacklisting West Bank products
By Ron Kampeas
Indonesia's President Joko Widodo (R) shakes hands with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (L) during the closing of the 5th Extraordinary Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Summit on the Palestinian territories on March 7, 2016 in Jakarta. (Garry Lotulung/Pool/AFP)
March 7, 2016, 6:22 pm
Muslim states urge global ban on settlement products
Organization of Islamic Cooperation summit concludes in Indonesia with promise of support for Palestinians’ ‘inalienable rights’
By AFP
"Arrest illegal occupation Edelstein," projected onto the walls of the Palace of Westminster, March 2, 2016. (Screenshot from YouTube)
March 2, 2016, 6:41 pm
Edelstein undeterred by protests ahead of UK parliament address
In enormous messages projected onto walls of Palace of Westminster, anti-Israel actvists demand arrest of ‘racist’ Knesset speaker
By Tamar Pileggi
US President Barack Obama, with lawmakers and supporters of the bill, signs H.R. 644, the Trade Facilitation and Enforcement Act of 2015 during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House on February 24, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty Images via JTA)
February 25, 2016, 10:40 pm
Obama weighs in on BDS fight — but battle likely won’t end there
President signed trade deal which conflates Israel, West Bank, but won’t implement provision for ‘Israeli-controlled territories’
By Ron Kampeas
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2016. (Haim Zach/GPO)
February 12, 2016, 9:16 pm
Israel: EU ties back on track after settlement labels row
Mogherini assures PM the bloc’s directive is not an effort to dictate terms of peace efforts, Jerusalem says
By Tamar Pileggi
French President Francois Hollande (R) stands next to opposition Zionist Union party leader Isaac Herzog after a meeting at the Elysee palace on January 22, 2016 in Paris. (AFP / ERIC FEFERBERG)
January 22, 2016, 9:49 pm
EU settlement labeling is ‘a win for BDS,’ Herzog tells Hollande
Opposition leader slams new guidelines as tantamount to a boycott of Israel, reaffirms commitment to two-state solution
By TOI staff
A Mercator Center in New Belgrade, Slovenia. (Михајло Анђелковић/Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0)
January 21, 2016, 3:51 pm
BDS fruitless as Slovenian supermarket brings back Israeli produce
Country’s largest chain cancels reported boycott two days after removing produce from shelves
By Raoul Wootliff
US State Department spokesman John Kirby delivering the department's daily press briefing, January 19, 2016. (screen capture/US State Department website)
January 20, 2016, 9:10 am
US backs European move to distinguish Israel from West Bank
State Department blasts ‘illegitimate’ settlement activity, says Washington doesn’t consider product labeling a boycott
By TOI staff
January 20, 2016, 12:25 am
Slovenian chain succumbs to BDS, pulls Israeli fruits
Jewish state fears boycott will spread to Mercator supermarket branches in other Balkan countries
By Lee Gancman
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a joint press conference with the European Union's foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, in Jerusalem, on November 7, 2014. (Photo credit: Amit Shabi/POOL/FLASH90)
January 15, 2016, 8:50 pm
Israel said scrambling to counter new EU decision on settlements
Haaretz says move, set to be approved on Monday, could lead to new sanctions on Jews in West Bank and Golan Heights
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) seen with Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely during a Likud faction meeting at the Knesset on December 21, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 27, 2015, 9:35 pm
Israel vows to fight Brazil’s rejection of envoy pick
Deputy foreign minister says Jerusalem will use ‘all the tools at its disposal’ to get appointment of ex-settler leader Dani Dayan on track
By TOI staff and Raphael Ahren
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