The Psagot Case: An Innovative CJEU Approach Towards the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict [Article]
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39 Ariz. J. Int'l & Comp. L. 297 (2022)Description
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This article analyzes the latest Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) case on EU's approach towards imported products from the territories Israel captured in 1967, Psagot (C-363/18), illustrating the gradual development of EU's policy towards this issue during the years, in three dimensions: reinforcing the legal status of UN and ICJ non-mandatory decisions as alleged mandatory references (implying new customary law); fine-tuning the labeling requirement, commonly interpreted to include the country and place of origin, to indicate further “Israeli settlements”; and adding a contemporary line of reasoning, relying on consumer preferences and corporate responsibility. In the latter respect, the article suggests that despite their different political agendas, the EU and the BDS movement seem to share some strategies and argumentations.Type
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