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Product Labeling: The EU Leads Boldly on Israeli-Palestinian Peace


(American Enterprise Institute) Danielle Pletka - The European Union in its infinite wisdom decided to implement a demand that all products made in Israeli settlements in the West Bank be labeled. I can think of no better way to advance peace between Israelis and Palestinians than this important labeling initiative. But what I don't understand is: Why stop there? Consider: Spanish-occupied Catalunya, Indian-occupied Kashmir, Turkish-occupied Cyprus, Syrian-occupied Alexandretta, Armenian-occupied Nagorno Karabakh, Russian-occupied Crimea, Chinese-occupied Tibet, South Korean-occupied Korea, Chinese-occupied Scarborough Shoal, UK-occupied Gibraltar, and UK-occupied Falklands. What, you say, there are no Jews occupying those other places? We only condemn the Jews? Only the Jews are especially worthy of EU condemnation? The writer is senior vice president for foreign and defense policy studies at AEI.
2015-11-13 00:00:00
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