Canadian Food Inspection Agency Blames Powerless, "Low-Level" (and Anonymous) Employee For Israeli Wine Boycott "Mistake"? Call Me Dubious

The agency's story (and it's sticking to it) is that some random, unnamed employee summarily decided to call for a boycott on Israeli wines that had any association with the "occupied territories." On that basis, according to a story in the National Post, the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, which bills itself as "one of the world’s largest buyers and retailers of beverage alcohol," issued a letter

to “all sacramental wine vendors” telling them to stop importing and selling wine with labels running afoul of the CFIA decision.  

A letter to “all sacramental wine vendors” dated July 11 says the LCBO was notified of the decision, affecting products from two wineries, Psagot and Shiloh, on July 6. The letter states products are made from grapes “grown, fermented, processed, blended and finished in the West Bank occupied territory.”  

It goes on to note Canada does not recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the West Bank and other territories occupied in 1967 — including the Golan Heights, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip — and that any wine products from these regions labelled as products of Israel “would not be acceptable and would be considered misleading.”

After an outcry from Israel and Jewish organizations at the local level, the boycott has now been rescinded.

Fine and dandy. But had there been no protest, the boycott would still be in place.

And, sorry, I'm just not buying the story that this was some "low-level mistake." I see something far more purposeful--and insidious--here: Zion-hate infesting Canadian government agencies at the highest levels. (In a way, this is like the sharia-compliant bathing suit story I posted yesterday--some anonymous schlub is blamed for something that advances a particular agenda while higher ups insist that it's all a big "mistake.")