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War against EU settlement products labeling begins
Itamar Eichner
Published: 18.11.15, 20:43
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1. Take them all to court
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (11.18.15)
Triple damages time. They are not only violating EU trade laws, but international trade laws. I am sick and tired of these racist morons rewriting the rules for Israel only. Stick it to them for triple damages
2. The blindness of racism
UR   (11.19.15)
Racists rarely are conscious of their own racism and they show this when they say things like: read the document to see there's no racism when, in fact, the document in question is racism in itself. Only racists fall for the fig-leaf cover which this man finds so persuasive.
3. Israel and the EU
Michael ,   Haifa   (11.18.15)
Israel's ferocious attack on the EU member states is quite hilarious
4. This is not just about boycotting. DISCRIMINATION
DOV ,   USA   (11.19.15)
Participating EU countries should not meddle in the affairs of souvenir nations.
5. Faaborg-Andersen needs some reminding.
Ian ,   Newcastle upon Tyne   (11.18.15)
He needs to be brought back to earth and told that he is an ambassador to an independent State NOT viceroy of a colonial possession. He can cut out the imperialist lecturing. THREE CHEERS FOR ISRAEL!!!
6. Perfect
Europe ,   Europe   (11.18.15)
Lets totally boycott each other, I like it, oh ya, forget those sub, etc., we`ll give them to Iran instead. Good luck, don`t bother replying
7. Eurabia is going down the tubes
Wise Saba ,   Eretz Yisrael   (11.19.15)
For our part we should boycott all products from the EU as well as label them the same way they label ours.
8. Wish I could buy these Israeli products but....
BUILD BABY BUILD !!!   (11.19.15)
there are none available here so, I'll just spit on Europe's poorly made crap instead. G-d chose Israel the rest don't matter. KEEP BUILDING AND KEEP GROWING !!!
9. FB Shmuel Shmuely
BUILD BABY BUILD !!!   (11.19.15)
Read your post re: beer, try China's Sing Tao, excellent and reasonable. LOVE BUILDING JEWISH ISRAEL !!!!
10. Bibi finds a way to make things worse
Dan   (11.18.15)
The settlements have undermined Israel's international legitimacy and handed our enemies their best possible excuse for continued violence. Instead of abandoning them Bibi has forcefully enlarged them, and driven away our main ally, the USA. Now he is going to do the same to Europe. The Arabs are delighted: soon we will be alone and easily finished off. Will anyone supply arms that allow us to survive a war, as the US did in 1973 and Europe did in 1948? No, never again. Our leaders have decided on national suicide for the sake of the settlers. Vote them out.
11. BDS
bigkhuna ,   nyc usa   (11.19.15)
All products which contain technology devoloped in Israel should have this label. Every cell phone should have this sticker. All software devoloped in Israel should be labled as such etc.
12. Typical
John ,   Toronto   (11.19.15)
"Israel announces gloves are off and that it is taking steps against 16 European countries that supported the initiative." Yet all steps are aimed at Palestinians. Again typical. “It would be foolish to take steps that will also harm us.” a senior Israeli official said.
13. you are only fooling yourself. you are anti-semitic and you
ralph   (11.19.15)
your actions are such. also stop all illegal funding of leftist ngo and illegal projects in samaria and judea. in all correspondence with eu and these countries we must label the area either liberated judea and samaria or liberated and still contested areas. no moree pussy footing about. we buy more then they sell to us. hit them where it hurts. we can find other markets easier then they can.
14. immediately switch product providers. switch imports away
ralph   (11.19.15)
15. Mr. Faabor-Andersen is shocked
Benji ,   US   (11.18.15)
All the accusations against the EU singling out Israel are valid. What really shocks Mr. Faaborg-Andersen is the response from Israel and the fact that Israel is fighting back. The Jews of the 30s and 40s weren't able to do this but now they can. The labeling is nothing more than an attempt to manipulate and harass Israel. There is no practical purpose and we do not hear European consumers requesting this. The only correct solution is for Mr. Faaborg-Andersen to cancel EU labeling of Israeli goods.
16. Anti-Semetism pure and simple
Ted ,   Tel Aviv   (11.19.15)
It does not take much to figure this out.
17. anti semitic
mike north ,   karmiel israel   (11.19.15)
This new policy by the EU is antisemitic as it targets products of jews specifically The EU countries will continue to blah blah on and on against the jewish state -Teva should halt the sales of drugs to these countries then they will soon change their minds
18. Stop exporting high tech technology
Gracey ,   Tel Aviv   (11.18.15)
And life saving drugs to these countries. It will definitely cause us a loss in revenue but they need us for those things more than we need them.
19. The Obscenity of the EU Labelling Scheme
Tim ,   Brighton   (11.19.15)
So Mogherini throws impartiality and constructive engagement out of the window and is attempting to impose her will on Israel openly and flagrantly SIDING with the PA - ONE PARTY of the Israel-Palestine conflict against the other Implying that its Israel that is solely responsible for the lack of progress to a lasting agreement that we all want Forgetting too WHY and HOW Israel ended up in the West Bank in the first place...after a war of survival against enemies on all fronts. The so called 'occupation' and 'settlements' of the West Bank was to provide a strategic physical barrier to Israels vulnerable central belt just miles wide until cast iron guarantees could be made to ensure Israels security> Is Mogherini about to provide such guarantees? Yet right through this so called 'occupation' time and time again the PLO morphed into PA have shown they are not to be trusted. Even at this very moment the the PA still promote the narrative of a Palestine built on the ashes of Israel to its Palestinian Constituency as does Hamas and NOT any 2 State Solution Yet Mogherini makes demands on Israel like some sort of self appointed PA Spokesperson without demanding ANY concessions or conditions from them in return!! What her Labelling Fiasco is saying is Israel must withdraw UNCONDITIONALLY…Has she gone raving mad?
20. labelling
tiki ,   belgium   (11.19.15)
Time to make clear to the ignorant & arrogant Europeans they had better start labelling Islamic terrorist residing in their cities instead of Israeli tomatoes! Time to tell the Europeans that while they were obsessively busy with the "settlements & "Palestine", the home grown Islamic terrorists were digging terror tunnels under the European fundament....right under their noses! Time to tell the Europeans to descend from their high "moral" horse!
21. Israel MUST keep it's enemies OUT !!!!!
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (11.19.15)
Xtian EU Jew haters have spilled their poison FAR too long now.
22. The EU clown Faaborg should be transferred
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (11.19.15)
to Raqqa, to his buddies !
23. most important steps
C   (11.18.15)
do not allow these people into the west bank area. do not allow these european jew haters to build anything in the west bank area.
24. Labeling
Daniel Lansberg ,   NY, USA   (03.06.16)
Watch: Prof. Anne Bayefsky condemns Antisemitism @ UN on Sept 8, 2014
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