France supports labeling Israeli settlement products, opposes boycott
Sept. 6, 2015 10:41 P.M
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JERUSALEM (AFP) — French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron said Sunday that while Paris backs EU plans to label products from Israeli settlements, it opposes any boycott of Israel.
“The French and European diplomatic position is clear and has not changed and will not change,” he told reporters at the start of a two-day visit to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory.
Israel has sought to fight the labeling plan, claiming it is the target of an international delegitimization campaign.
Macron said that France opposes campaigns such as that of the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, which aims to put political and economic pressure on Israel over its occupation of the Palestinian territories.
“We are against any practice such as that of the BDS,” he said.