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July 24, 2013       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.537568

EU Directive on Labeling Products Would Harm 20,000 Palestinian Families

(Ha'aretz) Barak Ravid - Deputy Foreign Minister Zeev Elkin on Tuesday told Elmar Brok, the chairman of the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee, that 20,000 Palestinian families stood to lose their livelihood if products from the settlements were labeled as such in Europe. He said Palestinian workers in agriculture or manufacturing could find themselves out of work if these businesses shut down due to a drop in exports to the EU. "You are trying to hurt Israeli enterprises that already exist and provide a respectable livelihood for tens of thousands of Palestinian families," Elkin told Brok. "This is simply bizarre."

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