A Canadian court ruled on Monday that wine made in West Bank settlements cannot legally be labeled as 'Made in Israel."
The move is sure to anger Jerusalem, which has fought ardently against such decisions in the EU and elsewhere.
Canada's Federal Court handed down the decision with a written opinion stating that allowing settlement wines "to be labeled as 'Products of Israel' … does not fall within the range of possible, acceptable outcomes which are defensible in respect of the facts and law. It is, rather, unreasonable."
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The lawsuit was filed by Dr. David Kattenburg, a Jewish Canadian critical of Israel's policies toward the Palestinians, according to The Times of Israel.
Presiding Judge Anne L. Mactavish said that previous decisions allowing wines made in West Bank settlements to be labeled as Israeli was a mistake, citing the Canadian governments own position which does not recognize Israeli sovereignty beyond pre-1967 green line.
Mactavish also said that it was not up to the court what to label products produced in West Bank settlements, adding that the task must be left up to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
She did, however, describe wines produced in Judea and Samaria settlements and currently labeled "Made in Israel" as "false, misleading and deceptive."
This article was originally published by i24NEWS.
