U.K. government urges businesses: Label products from settlements

U.K. Government. Question ? Is it possible,even though it might sound preposterous that the British Foreign Office,smuggled some Nazi high-ranking members to infiltrate the British F.O. ?

The world is appalled by the Israeli occupation and the ruthlessness of the settlers. Many people outside Israel do not subscribe to the rule of violence. They believe economics can and will effect change where government leaders have failed. The settlers and the settlements operate without empathy for the damage being done to the Palestinian people. Yet Israeli leadership and the USA have failed to impose the rule of law on the settlers. The UK has acted wisely. Israelis should realize this will result in the boycott of only settlement made goods. If people cannot distinguish between Israel and the settlements, the remaining alternative could very easily be boycott of Israel as a whole.

Borders hgave changed all through history. Thank your friends for choosing,genocide, war and terror instead of recognised borders When are you going to acknowledge the Maori name of the town you colonised & country you took over?

The British embassy in Israel issued a statement clarifying that this move was not a boycott. "This is a recommendation, not a binding order," the embassy stressed. "The British government is opposed to any kind of boycott of Israel." Do can't you understand? You may need to move to a country that DOES support your ideology.Iran sounds your speed.

The British embassy in Israel issued a statement clarifying that this move was not a boycott. "This is a recommendation, not a binding order," the embassy stressed. "The British government is opposed to any kind of boycott of Israel." Do can't you understand? You may need to move to a country that DOES support your ideology.Iran sounds your speed.

The British embassy in Israel issued a statement clarifying that this move was not a boycott. "This is a recommendation, not a binding order," the embassy stressed. "The British government is opposed to any kind of boycott of Israel." Do can't you understand? You may need to move to a country that DOES support your ideology.Iran sounds your speed.

what would you do,with yourself all day? Dont for get Israel is amongst the wolds largest manufacturers of generic drugs,the pill camera a host of other medical equipment and a promising "sniff test for cancer". Israel has one of the largest numbers of bio science patents,go for it. Do you walk the walk or just talk the talk?

"This is a recommendation, not a binding order," the embassy stressed. "The British government is opposed to any kind of boycott of Israel." Cant you understand?

The consumer's response to Israeli arrogance and plain mulishness should be easy: if you don't have enough information about the Israeli product to make an informed choice, don't buy it at all.

Ireland will be on board very shortly. Irish people do not like blood drenched produce making it,s way onto our shelves either through Tesco and any other such Occupation suppporting entities. Most of the EU countries will be on board and then Israel might get the message---they cannot keep up their war crimes and hope to get off scot free.

"Euros act like it`s 1939 all over again and that`s not going to change, they really are the same people they were 70 years ago." Who is it who is abusing a largely captive, helpless population based on their religious beliefs? No, Jennifer, they are very different people from seventy years ago!

that includes British "intellectuals" who post disinformation here,such as comparing Brtish Sharia courts to Jewish arbitration courts,to fit in with ideological"Moslems can do no wrong" pecadillos. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article4749183.ece "It has also emerged that tribunal courts have settled six cases of domestic violence between married couples, working in tandem with the police investigations. Siddiqi said he expected the courts to handle a greater number of ?smaller? criminal cases in coming years as more Muslim clients approach them. "_ Politicians and church leaders expressed concerns that this could mark the beginnings of a ?parallel legal system? based on sharia for some British Muslims. Dominic Grieve, the shadow home secretary, said: ?If it is true that these tribunals are passing binding decisions in the areas of family and criminal law, I would like to know which courts are enforcing them because I would consider such action unlawful. British law is absolute and must remain so.? Douglas Murray, the director of the Centre for Social Cohesion, said: ?I think it?s appalling. I don?t think arbitration that is done by sharia should ever be endorsed or enforced by the British state.? There are concerns that women who agree to go to tribunal courts are getting worse deals because Islamic law favours men.

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UK HAS CAPITULATED to the pro-"Palestinian" position. The UK is ready to mount a boycott of Israel. The British embassy in Israel (NOT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IN THE UK) issued a statement clarifying that this move was not a boycott. "This is a recommendation, not a binding order," the embassy stressed. "The British government is opposed to any kind of boycott of Israel." HOWEVER, "The British government has issued an official recommendation urging business owners to mark Israeli products produced in West Bank settlements so that consumers who want to boycott such items will find it easy to identify them." AND "The government recommendation goes further to say that labeling a product from a settlement as having been manufactured in Israel would be considered a criminal offense as it is misleading to the consumer public."

that's all they can do to us. Endless demagoguery - the UK flexes its lax muscles against huge Israel but afraid to do it against minuscule China. List of the crimes of Europe against Jews is growing - but it is not that relevant anymore - anyway they are going to morph into muhammadans. Good bye Europe - it was the disgusting ...

cell phones and computers and do us all a favour. make sure when buying drugs or treatments they are not israel made or designed !

"Will it make any difference?" At least it will be a reminder that Israel's violations of trade agreements with the EU don't go by unnoticed ... "Those who boycott Israeli products on principle, will continue." To boycott or not to boycott is up to the individual consumer. And a prerequisite for his decision is correct labeling.

The common Zionist despises Arabs, but suddenly, when a boycott is discussed, he cares about the Arab workers' jobs. Well, it's worth a try ...

"That has yet to be determined." As it has yet to be determinded, the present status is: not part of Israel. Which is exactly what I wrote, and the intention of your response remains mysterious.

Will it make any difference? Those who boycott Israeli products on principle, will continue.

which will put thousands of Arab workers on the public dole, since they'll be out of jobs

It is illegal for UK retailers to sell settler goods wrongly labeled as Israeli but how would they know? To avoid a possible criminal prosecution, UK retailers must seriously consider not selling Israeli labeled goods at all, if there is the slightest doubt about their provenance.

Not that I am a big consumer. Clock batteries, wines, not a big deal. But it does bother me that I might be inadvertently supporting the Settlers. Perhaps I should stop buying anything produced in Israel? It would be a lot easier to deal with this question if I knew what was produced in Israel and what benefited the Settlers.

.... labeled "All world products that were invented by, or developed by, or produced by Jews, immediately disappear", and the button really worked, would anyone really press it? If they did, the world would become instantly something like Gaza or the Congo. You boycotters have no concept of how much your advanced standard of living and health depends on the creativity of Jews.

"Brits are the biggest bunch of anti-Semites in Europe" First of all it would be difficult to find a Semite in the Jewish population as most of you are descended from Eastern European Jewry which is descended from the Khazars without a drop of Semite blood. Second, it is reasonable for people to be aware of where the products they buy are produced. Many of us understand the settlers use the money to furthur the illegal expansion of the settlementsSome of us choose to NOT support actions that contrary to international law. Since our govts ignore the violations we will take our own actions.

HORTICULTURAL IMPORTS REQUIRE A CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN ACERTIFICATE OF HYGEINE A CERTIFICATE OF HEALTH THESE CAN ONLY BE ISSSUED BY ISRAEL !

Don't say that, you should see the Israeli Jews and firsters scurrying around London in blind panic at the mere mention that there be a requirement for products produced on the West Bank and East Jerusalem be differentiated. But having watched the news last night Israel has a choice, label the products as required by British Law. or have no buyers at all as it will be illegal to sell products produced on the West Bank bearing the label Made in Israel. This policy will be implemented, Israel will not be able to afford losing 17% of all exports to the EU. Then other countries will follow suite, which is the real rub, the fact is Planet Earth does not recognise the illegal occupation or the annexation of The Golan or East Jerusalem, and will make Israel recognise this fact. Laying bare the lies of Netanyahu and his ilk of the last 40 years. Very entertaining though, you must admit.

Whenever anyone official in the west criticises the continuing Israeli occupation, the official Israeli response is to state that this criticism harms the peace process. Its not obvious to me how, so perhaps someone could explain. If we all state how wonderfully humane the settlers and the IDF are; and what lovely occupiers Israel have been, but would they mind now moving on back to their own country, will this somehow encourage said settlers to up sticks and move? I don't think so.

Boycott ALL products made in Israel and the settlements!

The British Mandate ended when Israel became a Sovereign State and declared its borders as those found in Resolution 181. The WestBank and Gaza and Golan have never been Israel Sovereign Territory and Israel,whilst it had an opportunity to claim those territories in its Sovereignty never did nor has it legally ever annexed them. Therefore Mr Hardman.....WestBank is NOT Israel Sovereign Territory.

"Did Israel invent the Intel chip and the cell phone?" The Cheshire Cat replied "It's the other way around, Intel and the cell phone invented the Israel".

instead of asking anyone axel refer to the 1922 mandate and article 80 of the un charter THE WEST BANK IS ISRAEL !!!

Settlers are always telling ust it is Judea and Samaria and not the West Bank. If they labelled their goods J and S there would be no confusion! Couldn't be that they are trying to hide behind a Palestinian label, could it?

Howdy Axel; "Is the Westbank part of Israel?" That has yet to be determined. Some portions of the West Bank may wind up being in Israel while others may be in the futuristic Islamic Republic of Palestine pending the final peace agreement to finally fix the border and the old armistice line of 1949 isn't it.

There is no 'occupied Ireland'. The Republic is an independent state with a seat at the UN. Northern Ireland is part of the UK, its people are UK citizens with MPs in the UK Parliament. It also has a local Assembly and a power sharing executive for devolved matters. The main nationalist party is in that executive. Compare that with the situation in the West Bank. Why would you want to protect Israeli settlers, anyway? They're just a bunch of racist thugs, armed and dangerous, living in illegal settlements on stolen land.

Scotland, Wales, England, N. Ireland are parts of the UK right? Is the Westbank part of Israel? Obviously not. In case of doubt ask the Foreign Office in Jerusalem.

Israel is breaking the treaty with EU for imports from Israel to EU. The products of the occupied territories are not included in this treaty. Israel is insisting on contracts only if there is an advantage for them, otherwise Isael is cheating, stealing and killing according "their" laws.

"Israel should also focus on alternative energy sources. That would make them the most needed nation on Earth" Israel is lagging way behind in alternative energy. Their cheer the electric car concept of Shai Agassi (How many are running in Israel anyway?) but produce the electricity for them by burning coal.

after 60 years of the war a small little country and its population has achieved to be popular and favored by other nations all over the world - once again. did you ever ask yourself why you are so unpopular? are 99% of mankind wrong and just you right?

Goods certified by the Israeli customs authorities as being of Israeli origin but which prove to originate in the occupied territories, more specifically the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, are not entitled either to the preferential treatment under the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part, or to that established by the Euro-Mediterranean Interim Association Agreement on trade and cooperation between the European Community, of the one part, and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, of the other hand. If Israel has to be forced to respect treaties and this is seen as anti-semitism, maybe we should also start talking about anti-goyimism.

This is nothing against JEWS particularly. It's a movement to divest from the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands. Israel fears a replay of South Africa plain and simple.

"the British government should label products made in the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, and in the Principality of Wales separately" Why on earth should the UK do such a thing? All these areas are part of the UK. On the other hand, none of the West Bank is legally part of Israel.

They do Jeff. Everything, particularly food products produced anywhere in the EU has to be labeled by law and each producer has a registration number. It is so that contaminated products can be traced to source and withdrawn from sale. Try to learn before you make daft statements

Excuse me, doc, but precisely how is labelling products produced in settlements that the British government (along with the rest of the world) considers as illegal anti-semitic? Are you sure you're not juist falling abck on this tired, most cliched of responses?

In that case, the British government should label products made in the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, and in the Principality of Wales separately so that we know who to boycott.

Criticising Israeli settlement policy is not anti-semitic. Boycotting settlement products is legitimate. Grow up you petulent fools.

A lot of people inside Israel are pro-Israel and anti-settlement. Are they anti-Semites, too?

Why not?. That is what is all about. In that way people can boycott products made by the Palestinians - that is, if they make anything at all. I mean by Pals. Manufacturers. FORGOT - SORRY, they only make suicide belts and rockets and sling shots. ..... we are in trouble, arent we.

1. The British colonialist state ignores the Tibet problem, where China marched in for no reason other than a land grab and occupied Tibet. 3M Tibetans annihilated and 20M Chinese settlers are living there. 2. BP has a $20B oil and gas project with China in Tibet. 3. The drunken Brits seek justice only when it come to Israel. 4. On the same topic, the queen and her adulter son literally kiss the ass of the king of Saudi Arabia when they come for a visit. But they never officialy met any Israeli PM. Need we say more? How predictable!

This is worse than Arab boycott as it is meant to ha Israel by supposedly a neutral party.

If Israel buys anything from these no so friendly neighbours of England, it should request special product labels to distinguish them from the others. Even if this would be more symbolic than economically effective.

from Jews of Judea and Samaria. Alternative products should be labeled as made by Arabs of Judea and Samaria. Good people will decide - what to buy and what to boycott.

"The Foreign Ministry added that this recommendation promotes boycotts of Israeli products."

Israelis are going about things the wrong way. Instead of getting mad about this, they should focus on products they make, like medical treatments that no one else offers that everyone needs. The Euros act like it's 1939 all over again and that's not going to change, they really are the same people they were 70 years ago. Israel should also focus on alternative energy sources. That would make them the most needed nation on Earth and put their enemies out of business all in one shot.

Why doesn't Israel want consumers to know that products are exported from occupied land by the settlers? Is it because they know it is completely wrong to steal Palestinian land and livelihood and then pass it off as your own....? me thinks so.

Not sure what the problem is with the Israel administration, the UK position has always been that settlements in occupied territory are illegal. Israeli settlers who grow crops on Palestinian land, using Palestinian water resource, don't get any tax breaks for exporting their goods to the EU. And when it's labeled correctly as to it's origin, then no doubt, some UK people will boycott the produce, as is their moral choice!

reacton besides the standard Zionist knee jerk reaction of "antisemitism". You stole land, continue to steal land, & murder those owners who object. If that is antisemetic, I guess that means that those who oppose stealing and murder are antisemitic. Count me in as one of those. You guys are whacked and totally full of it. Thank God the world is waking up to your history of lies and obfuscation, your trademark.

Were it not for the predictable actions of the Jew-hating world, you would not be bothered with its "predictable response(s)". If you're so tired of hearing about "the same old antisemitism as always", you need only curb your anti-semitic rhetoric. Don't spew the hate if you can't take the response. Got it?

Looks like scared, little white english boys are being bullied by "muslims" into submission. White boys now will do what ever muslims force them to do... Remember one thing white english boys you have no place to run you have only one England....and from inside your own country's muslims will overpower and over-populate your kind....

Since time immamorial the world has tried to stamp out the Jews, dehumanize them etc, etc. They are still trying, with the Arabs and Eurabia leading the charge. Israel should insist all products invented in Israel be boycotted by England. Then England will go without Intel chips, cell phones, countless medicines etc etc.

Justice and democracy? On what planet are you living? There is NO justice and NO democracy anywhere in this world. Ask 3/4 of the hungry people in the world about 'justice and democracy'. Here in the west, there is only 'democracy in WORDS, the 'real thing is long gone. Wake up, you are being 'duped' and you don't even get it. You are being SPIED on(emails, telephone,camera's etc), MANIPULATED by 'spindocters from governement, USED by the media who want YOU as their client (if not they are out of a job)and you as a citizen DON't have anything to say (promises by leaders, but doing someting else // election of new EU president and FM, did YOU VOTE? Come out of your dream world (where there is justice and democraty and into the 'real world.

its the attitude against israel.

The response from Israel is very predictable: 1. The British government has surrendered to the palis/arabs/terrorists/muslims. 2. This will harm the precious peace process, that could otherwise make such progress. 3. We are very, very angry. 4. This is just the same old antisemitism as always. 5. You have no right to critizise us, because you are idiots that understand nothing. Standard protocol.

It is a vote loser in the United Kingdom. Although labelling goods as being from the West Bank was a condition of the most favoured nation status enjoyed by Israel when they trade with Israel. This is merely a request for Israel to abide by obligations made by Israel.

Soon justice will be served and Israel will have to return all stolen land and remove the siege on gaza or they will be left economically and socially isolated by the world. Times have changed, there are people who realise what has been going on for so many years and are standing up for justice and democracy.

'The Foreign Ministry added that this recommendation promotes boycotts of Israeli products' Are they not surprised!! NO, it gives people a choice and it is their democratic right to choose from where their products come from. The reaction from the Foreign Ministry, says it all. Congratulations to those who supported this important step forward. I will promote this whenever and wherever I can.

What's wrong with letting consumers make informed choices?

I am really nervous because of the many Israeli comments. Every move by any country is considered harmful and hinder the peace process. How much time does it take Israeli officials to realize that fact that the world is not satisfied with settlements and the Palestinian land is occupied and must be freed? I hope Israel will find a way to understand this and start to think strategically because the ball is in their playground after all this international condemnation of settlements and occupational practices (referred to Jerusalem evacuations of Pals homes etc....)

What's fair is fair, no? Shouldn't Israelis be allowed to decide for themselves whether or not to buy products that come from history's most notorious colonialst, and the country that marks their products as if it was 1938?

BOYCOTT ENGLAND!!!

Let's face it, the Brits are the biggest bunch of anti-Semites in Europe. They lead the charge against Israel, its policy and its settlements and try to package it up nicely and backtrack over and over again