Colin Perkel
A manager at Hamotzi restaurant in Jerusalem dusts off a wine bottle as she prepares for re-opening ahead of Israel entering its third phase of easing coronavirus measures, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Maya Alleruzzo
May 06, 2021 - 12:59 PM
TORONTO - A finding that wine from the West Bank can be labelled as a product of Israel was not reasoned properly and should now be thrashed out again, the Federal Court of Appeal has ruled.
As a result, the appellate court said the politically sensitive case, which at one point threatened to put Middle East politics on trial, should go back to the Complaints and Appeals Office of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.