The Biden administration is drawing up plans to require goods produced in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank to be clearly labelled as coming from there, according to US officials, another sign of White House unhappiness with the government of Benjamin Netanyahu.
The final go-ahead for the move, and its timing, have not been decided but it is intended to increase pressure on Israel over rising settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, and comes amid US frustration with the Jewish state’s conduct of the war in Gaza.
The move would reverse a policy introduced by the Donald Trump administration in 2020 that required goods produced in the West Bank to be labelled as “Made in Israel”.
The Biden administration was close to announcing the step last month, after Israel’s far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich, himself a settler, announced the largest West Bank land seizure in decades. Smotrich’s announcement came during a visit to Israel by US secretary of state Antony Blinken, infuriating the administration.
Two days later the US abstained from a ceasefire resolution at the UN, allowing it to pass, and officials did not want to unveil the labelling requirement at the same time.
The US Department of State declined to comment.
Other countries also label goods coming from settlements. The EU’s top court ruled in 2019 that goods from Jewish settlements in the West Bank must be labelled as produced in occupied territory and must not imply that they came from Israel itself.
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The U.S. has decided to label goods produced in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank as "Made in Israel." Because why not just completely ignore international law and human rights, and pretend like the occupation of Palestinian land is totally cool and normal?
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Would you actively seek out or avoid products based on their country of origin, and why?
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I would actively seek out or avoid products based on their country based on my belief
@GraciousQu0rum1mo1MO
Biden is rewarding Hamas for orchestrating the worst massacre against the Jews since WWII.
When will you start treating the Palestinians as adults and hold them accountable?
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What will they say "Made in Jewish Occupied Judea and Samaria"?
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Jewish Policy Institute Poll:
"Jewish settlements in Judea & Samaria create deterrence and contribute to the security of all Israeli citizens."
% Agree/Disagree
Israeli Jews 57/37
American Jews
• Strong lib 15/73
• Lean lib 28/58
• Centrist 47/35
• Lean con 59/25
• Strong con 81/13
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