'The EU just undermined its own arguments against Israel'
...."The EU's defense of their discriminatory labeling rules - which for example they do not require for Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara - has been based on a remarkable claim that Western Sahara is not actually occupied, but rather a 'special case,'" he said.
...Applying the new ruling to the EU decision to label Jewish goods in Judea, Samaria, eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, the professor said the case has exposed the fallacy of the EU's claims once and for all. "Given that the EU allows products there (in Western Sahara - ed.) to be labeled 'made in Morocco' (and this case does not change that), it totally undermines their labeling arguments about Israel," he said. "At this point, it would be folly for Israel not to challenge the labeling in legal fora like the WTO (World Treaty Organization). The Europeans' arguments have been stripped from them by their own court."
EU approves business with an 'occupier'
Turning his attention to the details of the ruling by the second highest EU court last Thursday, Kontorovich explained that "the Court rules that there is absolutely nothing wrong in itself about having treaties extend to occupied territory, or doing business with an occupier in occupied territory."
"This goes against all the EU's arguments in relation to Israel. In particular, the EU used the 'principle of non-recognition' to justify everything from its 'funding guidelines' for Horizon 2020 to not having diplomats and visiting officials across the 'Green Line,'" he said, referring to the 1949 Armistice line. "The ECJ has rejected this broad view of recognition: even making a treaty with Morocco about occupied territory does not constitute recognition."
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