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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
Barrels at an Israeli winery in the West Bank settlement of Psagot, February 11, 2014. (AP/ Dan Balilty/File)
July 29, 2019, 10:29 pm
Settlement wines cannot be labeled ‘Made in Israel,’ Canadian court rules
Pro-Palestinian activists cheer as Federal Court says current marking of Shiloh and Psagot wines as Israeli products is ‘false, misleading and deceptive’
By Raphael Ahren
Gerard Hogan (Courtesy, Facebook)
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
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