Last month, South African and Danish governments announced their intention to prevent goods produced in settlements from being labeled as 'Made in Israel', following the United Kingdom, which has requested its supermarkets to label settlement goods differently since 2009.
There have also been moves, backed by the UK, to strengthen measures to label settlement produce exported to Europe in order to allow consumers an informed choice on whether to boycott such goods.
Starting with the EU's demand to label settlement products, you remain typically dismissive, shaming the EU and blaming them for applying double standards.
"The EU's new guidelines on accurately labeling settlement products are in line with states' duty to ensure compliance with international humanitarian law, under which settlements are illegal," said Sarah Saadoun, who researches settlements at Human Rights Watch.
This Wednesday, Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders also cancelled a trip to Israel when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused to meet him in protest of the EU's decision to label settlement goods. .
This is why Human Rights Watch, which extensively documented these discriminatory practices in a report, has called on the EU to clearly label settlement-produced goods, on businesses to review their activities in the settlements, and on the US to cut aid to Israel equal to what Israel spends on the settlements and to investigate tax exemptions for settlement charities.
Other possible steps under consideration are sanctions against settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, including tougher measures on the labelling of settlement produce exported to Europe, and the suspension of strategic dialogue meetings.
Correct labelling of settlement goods is not an anti-Israeli policy.
Kirby explicitly rejected Israeli claims that EU labelling of settlement products amounted to a boycott of Israel.
