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Israeli Lobby Pressures Canadian Government Over ‘Made In Israel’ Label

An Israeli worker inspects barrels in a winery in the West Bank settlement of Psagot.
For a brief period, wines made in Israeli settlements built illegally in the occupied West Bank could not be sold in Ontario with the label “Product of Israel”.
The ruling was short-lived, and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency abruptly reversed its decision late last week.