Czech deputies refuse EC requirement on labelling goods from Jewish settlement

The Czech government should refuse the requirement of the European Commission to label the goods from the Jewish settlements on the West Bank and the Golan Heights, the lower house of the Czech Parliment said in a resolution on Thursday. According to the Culture Minister Daniel Herman of the Social Denocratic Party, it was necessary to reject efforst leading to the discrimination against Israel. The EU does not recognise Israel's presence in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza, and the Golan Heights, and says the labelling policy aims to distinguish between goods produced inside the internationally accepted borders of Israel and those made outside.

Author: Ruth Fraňková