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EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton is pushing for comprehensive guidelines to introduce separate labeling for products made by Jews in Judea and Samaria, Israeli-daily Haaretz reported on Tuesday. According to the report. Ashton sent a letter to European commissioners urging them to draft the guidelines by the end of 2013. The EU last week published guidelines that forbid the 28 members of the bloc from funding or dealing with Jewish communities in Judea, Samaria, eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, alleging that the areas are “illegally occupied.”

Israel has told the EU to fix its crisis instead of interfering in settlement expansion. Its foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, made the comments in a statement on Saturday (20 October) in reaction to a previous EU communique. He said: "The EU should focus on the problems that are surfacing between different nations on European soil. After these issues are successfully resolved, we will gladly hear any suggestions regarding a solution to the problems with the Palestinians." He added: "These automatic [EU] condemnations indicate a lack of a basic understanding of the reality in the region ... [Gilo] is an inseparable...

Fire Eurabia's pro Islamism anti-Christian anti-Jewish Baroness Ashton now! Apologetic for murdering innocent Jewish kids because thy are Jewish, comparing it with humane Israel's careful response to minimize Arab casualities when these bloodthirsty Arab-Muslims fire behind their kids' shoulders at Israeli civilians from Gaza... So was her reluctance to condemn Islamic anti-Christian bigoted attacks in the "Arab spring." So was her unexplained generous pledge to Arab Muslims in N. Africa from takpayers hard earned money... Baroness Ashton called on to resign after likening shooting at Toulouse school to troubles of Palestinian children in Gaza - EU chief came under fire...

Hillary Clinton said her warm relationship with Baroness Ashton allowed them to share a women's perspective on global affairs Photo: AP Hillary Clinton and Baroness Ashton have revealed that in between talks on the conflict in Afghanistan or Iran's nuclear threat they discuss the really important things – children and shopping. Henry Kissinger, one of Mrs Clinton's predecessors at the American state department, is said, to have expressed US frustration at diverging European national foreign policies by asking, "Who do I call if I want to call Europe?". The US secretary of state said the creation of an EU foreign...

November 26, 2009 Baroness Ashton denies taking funds for CND from Soviet Union Baroness Ashton of Upholland’s past came back to haunt her yesterday when the European Union’s new foreign affairs chief was forced to deny taking funds from the Soviet Union during her days as treasurer for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Lady Ashton, a surprise choice for her post, was challenged to deny that she had contact with Russian sources while she was in charge of its accounts at the height of the Cold War. The Times has learnt that concerns about her CND involvement are felt across...