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http://www.haaretz.com/news/diploma...oducts-as-made-in-israel-report-says-1.431372
Denmark to ban labeling West Bank products as 'Made in Israel', report says
Report comes after South Africa says only recognizes State of Israel within borders demarcated by UN in 1948; move is in line with U.K. recommendation from 2009. By Amira Hass, Barak Ravid and Anshel Pfeffer | May.19, 2012 | 8:18 PM
A Palestinian man throw a product from Jewish settlements in a fire in the West Bank village of Salfit, Tuesday, May 18, 2010.Photo by AP
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South Africa to ban labeling West Bank settlement products as 'made in Israel'
By Amira Hass | May.19,2012 | 8:18 PM | 1
Denmark is planning to ban labeling products from Israeli settlements in the West Bank as "Made in Israel," the foreign minister told Danish media on Saturday. The move follows reports of similar plans announced this month by South Africa's government.
“This is a step that clearly shows consumers that the products are produced under conditions that not only the Danish government, but also European governments, do not approve of,” Foreign Minister Villy Søvndal Søvndal told Politiken newspaper. “It will then be up to consumers whether they choose to buy the products or not.
A source in Brussels familiar with the matter told Haaretz that it is still unclear whether the move is a recommendation or a new directive.
In late 2009, the U.K. government recommended West Bank products be labeled separately.
Earlier this month, South Africa's Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies said that the government is planning to ban marketing products made in Israeli settlements in the West Bank with the label, "Made in Israel."
Denmark to ban labeling West Bank products as 'Made in Israel', report says
Report comes after South Africa says only recognizes State of Israel within borders demarcated by UN in 1948; move is in line with U.K. recommendation from 2009. By Amira Hass, Barak Ravid and Anshel Pfeffer | May.19, 2012 | 8:18 PM
A Palestinian man throw a product from Jewish settlements in a fire in the West Bank village of Salfit, Tuesday, May 18, 2010.Photo by AP
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South Africa to ban labeling West Bank settlement products as 'made in Israel'
By Amira Hass | May.19,2012 | 8:18 PM | 1
Denmark is planning to ban labeling products from Israeli settlements in the West Bank as "Made in Israel," the foreign minister told Danish media on Saturday. The move follows reports of similar plans announced this month by South Africa's government.
“This is a step that clearly shows consumers that the products are produced under conditions that not only the Danish government, but also European governments, do not approve of,” Foreign Minister Villy Søvndal Søvndal told Politiken newspaper. “It will then be up to consumers whether they choose to buy the products or not.
A source in Brussels familiar with the matter told Haaretz that it is still unclear whether the move is a recommendation or a new directive.
In late 2009, the U.K. government recommended West Bank products be labeled separately.
Earlier this month, South Africa's Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies said that the government is planning to ban marketing products made in Israeli settlements in the West Bank with the label, "Made in Israel."
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