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Israeli Lawmakers Denounce EU Labeling of Settlement Products
(Jerusalem Post) Lahav Harkov - Responding to the EU decision to label products from the West Bank, Golan Heights and east Jerusalem, Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein said Wednesday, "Boycotts are inappropriate and do not contribute to solving the situation in our region....It is hypocrisy to deal with the source of a potato instead of helping millions of miserable people in the world, including the refugees flooding Europe and escaping the battles in Syria." Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid wrote on Twitter: "Jews are being stabbed in the streets and the EU has given in to BDS. This decision discriminates against Israel and encourages terrorism." MK Itzik Shmuli (Zionist Union) noted: "Residents of Hamburg or Copenhagen do not really understand where the Green Line starts and ends, and the decision will end up leading to a boycott of all of Israel. Unfortunately, Europe decided shamefully to strengthen those who lead the campaign of boycotting Israel, whose goal is to erase Israel from the map and not to promote peace."