A Star? Biden Plans to Label Goods Produced by Jewish Settlements in West Bank

In what appears as petty to some, poking the bear seems to be the hallmark of this administration. In this case the bear is Israel. On the other side, why is Israel declaring 2000 acres State land and planning new settlements? Why aggravate the situation by Israel?

So the situation in the Middle East ramps up.

According to The Financial Times:

The Biden administration is drawing up plans to require goods produced in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank to be clearly labelled as coming from there, according to US officials, another sign of White House unhappiness with the government of Benjamin Netanyahu.

The final go-ahead for the move, and its timing, have not been decided but it is intended to increase pressure on Israel over rising settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, and comes amid US frustration with the Jewish state’s conduct of the war in Gaza.

While it is undecided as to when the move will take place, it comes amid increasing tensions between Jerusalem and Washington over the prosecution of the six-month war in Gaza and disputes over the extent of Israeli violence directed at Palestinians in Judea and Samaria, including U.S. sanctions on Jews living in the area.

According to the Financial Times report, the Biden administration was close to announcing the step last month after Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on March 22 announced that the Civil Administration declared 2,000 acres in the Jordan Valley as state land. The announcement took place during a visit to Israel by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

American Thinker:

What’s more, what exactly do Jewish-produced strawberries, avocados, and other produce brought to market based on Israelis making the desert bloom have to do with Biden’s political vendettas with Netanyahu that they should require a special label, as if they had cooties?

And why is the government doing this at all? Normally, labels are placed on produce and the like to give information. What kind of information do they feel the urgent need to convey, and to whom?

Additional source Jewish News Service

The European Union approved regulations in 2019 labeling Judea and Samaria products as originating in “occupied territories,” a designation that Jerusalem disputes.

For its part, Israel continues to develop Judea and Samaria, with the Civil Administration on Friday announcing approval of the “deposit” planning stage of a plan to build 234 housing units in Kiryat Arba, changing the zoning for the neighborhood in question from industrial to residential.

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Israel is not winning the in the PR camp.