I generally agree with your position, but let me be the devil’s advocate here:
Let’s assume that some fraction of the population are Nazis, and they decide to boycott all Jewish products. Let’s assume there is a general agreement on the definition of “Jewish products” (for example anything produced by a company with a Jewish owner, or using such component). The Nazis express a desire to have all products clearly labeled. Would you support this specific customer right?
The idea that products are labeled with the country of origin are quite standard. It’s equivalent to how products made in China can’t be sold as “made in the US”.
products made in China can’t be sold as “made in the US”
Is there a standard simple way to circumvent this rule? Such as establishing a one-employee branch of your company in USA and pretending that the employee did some important finishing touch on your product, before you sell it on the American market?
And now go and look at OP again. The EU directive insists on having labels “product from the West Bank (Israeli settlement)” and “product from the West Bank (Palestinian product)”.
The core issue of the conflict is whether “made in Israel” can be written on products that aren’t made in the official territory of Israel as set by the UN.
I don’t think that produces of products labeled “product from the West Bank (Israeli settlement)” want to write “produced in Palestina” on their products, so I see no problem with offering them that label.
Furthermore those products simply might not be covered by the trade deals with the Palestianian authority and therefore there might be a need to distinguish them from other West Bank products.
There are clearly layed out categories that by law can’t be used to discriminate people. Religion is among them. I don’t think that information about protect classes has to be provided.
I generally agree with your position, but let me be the devil’s advocate here:
Let’s assume that some fraction of the population are Nazis, and they decide to boycott all Jewish products. Let’s assume there is a general agreement on the definition of “Jewish products” (for example anything produced by a company with a Jewish owner, or using such component). The Nazis express a desire to have all products clearly labeled. Would you support this specific customer right?
Heh.
The idea that products are labeled with the country of origin are quite standard. It’s equivalent to how products made in China can’t be sold as “made in the US”.
Is there a standard simple way to circumvent this rule? Such as establishing a one-employee branch of your company in USA and pretending that the employee did some important finishing touch on your product, before you sell it on the American market?
If you were to read the link carefully, you would notice that the regulations in question prohibit the “Made in Israel” label :-/
For products not made in Israel but in territory that isn’t in Israel according to the UN decisions about what happens to be Israel.
And now go and look at OP again. The EU directive insists on having labels “product from the West Bank (Israeli settlement)” and “product from the West Bank (Palestinian product)”.
The core issue of the conflict is whether “made in Israel” can be written on products that aren’t made in the official territory of Israel as set by the UN.
I don’t think that produces of products labeled “product from the West Bank (Israeli settlement)” want to write “produced in Palestina” on their products, so I see no problem with offering them that label. Furthermore those products simply might not be covered by the trade deals with the Palestianian authority and therefore there might be a need to distinguish them from other West Bank products.
There are clearly layed out categories that by law can’t be used to discriminate people. Religion is among them. I don’t think that information about protect classes has to be provided.