Davies rejects racial motive in Israel labelling row
According to the Daily News, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has rejected "with utter contempt" suggestions that there was a racial motivation for his move to stop Israeli goods produced in occupied Palestinian territory from being sold under the label "Made in Israel".
Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies. (Image: GCIS)
In his address to journalists following an Israeli government summons to SA's ambassador to Israel, Ismail Coovadia, to clarify the decision, Davies, according to the Daily News report, was "adamant that his department was neither seeking to promote a boycott of Israeli goods nor to prevent the entry of such products into South Africa". Read on...