JEWISH PRESS
Bill Introduced to Undo US Ban on Label ‘Made in Israel’ if Beyond Green Line
by Lori Lowenthal Marcus
February 2, 2016

U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-AK) introduced legislation on Monday, Feb. 1, that would undo a regulation recently re-issued by the Obama administration that would ban the right to label any goods produced beyond the 1940 Armistice Line (the “Green Line”) as made in Israel. The JewishPress.com reported last week that U.S. Custom and Border Protection re-issued a 1997 regulation – written at a very different time, under very different circumstances – which the State Department insisted it will now “strictly enforce.” READ MORE