French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday that while Paris backs EU plans to label products from communities in Judea and Samaria, it opposes any boycott of Israel, AFP reports.
"The French and European diplomatic position is clear and has not changed and will not change," he told reporters at the start of a two-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
The labeling plan has been blasted by Israel which says it is the target of an international delegitimization campaign.
But Macron was adamant that France opposes campaigns such as that of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, which aims to put political and economic pressure on Israel over its occupation of the Palestinian territories.
"We are against any practice such as that of the BDS," he said.