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French Supermarket Labels «Israeli» Products as «Settlement Produce»

French Supermarket Labels «Israeli» Products as «Settlement Produce»
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The first French supermarket labeled "Israeli" products as "Made in ‘Israeli' Settlements." This comes after the French Government instituted a policy of labeling "Israeli" produce grown in the besieged West Bank, East al-Quds [Jerusalem], and the occupied Golan Heights as "settlement products" two months ago.

French Supermarket Labels «Israeli» Products as «Settlement Produce»

The signs were first seen at the Auchan supermarket chain in the Kremlin Bicetre suburb of Paris.

The incident is known to the "Israeli" Embassy in France, who then turned to French Jewish organizations to ask the chain to take down the offending signs.

The manager of the supermarket said that it was a localized initiative to put up the sign, and that he had nothing to do with it. Nevertheless, he replaced the sign the next day to a sign which simply read "Israel."

The "Israeli" entity claims that this is the French government's "revenge" for the entity refusing to attend the upcoming Paris "Peace" Conference on January 15.

The "Israeli" Foreign Ministry sent a harsh response to the event, saying they "condemn the French government's decision to implement the EU Commission guidelines regarding marking "Israeli" products originating from beyond the 1967 lines."

The letter went on to read, "We are sad that it was France who came up with an anti-boycott law, and is now taking these steps which might boost anti-‘Israel' ‘radical' elements."

"Moreover," the letter continued, "it's puzzling that France is adopting such a double standard in regards to ‘Israel', especially when there are over 200 territorial conflicts around the world - including in France."

However, Embassy officials said that this seems to be the initiative of a pro-Palestinian employee of the supermarket, and that the store is in a low socio-economic, immigrant area.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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