EU capitulating to worst elements of jihad - Shlomo Cesana and Israel Hayom Staff

by Shlomo Cesana and Israel Hayom Staff

At meeting with members of German Bundestag's Foreign Affairs Committee, Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid speaks out against the labeling of settlement products • Lapid calls labels a "continuation of boycott movement," which is "anti-Semitic and misguided."

Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid | Photo credit: Dudi Vaaknin

During a meeting with members of the German Bundestag's Foreign Affairs Committee in Berlin on Saturday, Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid spoke out against the impending European Union move to label products from settlements in the West Bank that are sold in European supermarkets.

Lapid called labeling settlement products a "wrong way to promote the diplomatic process," saying such a move would "only set the process back."

"The decision to label products is a boycott in every sense of the word," Lapid said.

In an interview with the Berlin-based DW television news network, Lapid said, "The EU is hiding behind legal jargon and trying to paint a picture that this is a legal matter. This is incorrect. It's a political issue. [The EU is] capitulating to the worst elements of jihad. The labeling of settlement products is a direct continuation of the boycott movement against Israel, which is anti-Semitic and misguided."

Shlomo Cesana and Israel Hayom Staff

Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=29519

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