Bundestag President says Germany rejects settlement labeling, and understand Israel’s anger, “Because it’s specifically against Israel, I repeat that it is unnecessary and not very smart,” Lammert said.
BERLIN – Germany opposes the “unwise” European Commission decision to label products from the West Bank, Golan and Jerusalem, Bundestag President Prof. Norbert Lammert said Wednesday.
EU Commission approves Israeli ‘settlement’ product guidelines (Illustrative) – photo: REUTERS, JPOST STAFF
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein also addressed the labeling issue in his speech to the Bundestag’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.
Edelstein quoted Heinrich Heine, who said that “in a place where books are burned, people will be burned.”
He added: “I fear that in a place where products are labeled by where they were produced, will one day label people by where they come from.”
“The bleak history taught us the meaning of discriminatory labeling and to where it can deteriorate,” Edelstein said. Continue Reading »