by Efrat Forsher
Head of Jordan Valley Regional Council: "We have no intention of doing what you ask. We will not label our agricultural produce. We are determined to fight this phenomenon and to struggle against this unethical and discriminatory [demand]."
European supermarkets are
preparing to enforce EU product-labeling guidelines [Illustrative]
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Jordan Valley farmers told European
parliamentarians Wednesday that they would not label their products as
coming from "the occupied territories," despite EU guidelines that may require them to do so.
Wednesday's conference in the Jordan Valley
was attended by a number of European representatives, including the
leader of Austria's far-right Freedom Party, Heinz-Christian Strache.
David Elhayani, the head of the Jordan Valley
Regional Council, said at the conference: "They are demanding that we
label agricultural produce. I want to say to everyone who seeks to harm
us: Your hope will not be realized.
"We have no intention of doing what you ask.
We will not label our agricultural produce. We are determined to fight
this phenomenon and to struggle against this unethical and
discriminatory [demand] that has remnants of a dark time."
Strache expressed his support, saying, "We will do everything to ensure that the boycotts get taken off the agenda."
Efrat Forsher
Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=33061
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