{"id":37384,"date":"2017-07-13T10:37:20","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T16:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=37384"},"modified":"2017-07-14T04:20:45","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T10:20:45","slug":"israeli-wines-produced-in-west-bank-removed-from-canadian-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/israeli-wines-produced-in-west-bank-removed-from-canadian-stores\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli wines produced in West Bank removed from Canadian stores"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO)\u00a0has ordered stores in the province to remove Israeli wines manufactured at two wineries of the West Bank from their shelves as they are labeled \u201cProduct of Israel\u201d and not marked as &#8220;Product of the West Bank.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to a letter obtained by\u00a0B\u2019nai Brith Canada, dated July 11, the LCBO requested that wine vendors \u201cdiscontinue any importation or sales\u201d of wines marked \u201cProduct of \u00a0Israel\u201d and manufactured east of the Green Line, in light of a\u00a0Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) decision\u202fdefining this as a \u201cmisleading\u201d sales practice.<\/p>\n<p>Israel refers to the areas of the West Bank as Judea and Samaria, the names the regions held in ancient times.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37385\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea-\u05e4\u05d5\u05dc\u05d9\u05d8\u05d9\u05e7\u05d4-\u05d5\u05d9\u05d9\u05df-20.1.14-007.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37385\" class=\"wp-image-37385 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea-\u05e4\u05d5\u05dc\u05d9\u05d8\u05d9\u05e7\u05d4-\u05d5\u05d9\u05d9\u05df-20.1.14-007-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Bottles from the Psagot and Shiloh wineries. (Photo by Ehud Amiton\/TPS)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea-\u05e4\u05d5\u05dc\u05d9\u05d8\u05d9\u05e7\u05d4-\u05d5\u05d9\u05d9\u05df-20.1.14-007-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea-\u05e4\u05d5\u05dc\u05d9\u05d8\u05d9\u05e7\u05d4-\u05d5\u05d9\u05d9\u05df-20.1.14-007-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37385\" class=\"wp-image-37385 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea-\u05e4\u05d5\u05dc\u05d9\u05d8\u05d9\u05e7\u05d4-\u05d5\u05d9\u05d9\u05df-20.1.14-007-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Bottles from the Psagot and Shiloh wineries. (Photo by Ehud Amiton\/TPS)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea-\u05e4\u05d5\u05dc\u05d9\u05d8\u05d9\u05e7\u05d4-\u05d5\u05d9\u05d9\u05df-20.1.14-007-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea-\u05e4\u05d5\u05dc\u05d9\u05d8\u05d9\u05e7\u05d4-\u05d5\u05d9\u05d9\u05df-20.1.14-007-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-37385\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bottles from the Psagot and Shiloh wineries. (Photo by Ehud Amiton\/TPS)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The LCBO letter stated that the CFIA had issued a clarification regarding wines from the Psagot and Shiloh wineries which stated that \u201cProduct of Israel\u201d was not an acceptable country of origin description for \u201cwine products that have been made from grapes fermented, processed, blended and finished in the West Bank occupied territory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michael Mostyn, Chief Executive Officer of B\u2019nai Brith Canada said he expected \u00a0this \u201cthis disturbing decision to be corrected in short order.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wines from the Shiloh and Psagot wineries were no longer in stock in the LCBO system on Wednesday, according to B\u2019nai Brith Canada, and appeared to be unavailable in other provinces as well.<\/p>\n<p>Mostyn called on Canadians to purchase Israeli wine, \u201cin order to demonstrate solidarity and friendship with the democratic State of Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease mention the Shiloh and Psagot wines you would like to see on store shelves to liquor store employees,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Ya\u2019akov Berg, CEO of the award-winning Psagot winery north of Jerusalem said in response to the Canadian directive: \u201cWe have returned to our homeland, to the place where our forefathers prepared wine and we are continuing an age-old tradition. Canada of all places \u2013 a country founded on the ruins of the birthplace of another nation and without any roots or historical justification for its existence \u2013 does not recognise (sic) the rights of Jews to grow grapes in the land of our forefathers.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Israeli%20wines%20produced%20in%20West%20Bank%20removed%20from%20Canadian%20stores\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7138,26,27],"tags":[1309,8651,8790,8795,8652,8788,3927,8650],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37384"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37384"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37386,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37384\/revisions\/37386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}