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Traditional Jewish New Year symbolism with apples and honey.

In its annual distribution of Jewish New Year gift baskets to Israeli organizations, the U.S. Embassy included a bottle of wine that was produced on the “wrong side” of the 1949 Armistice Line.

The wine in the basket was a kosher Cabernet Sauvignon produced by the Zion Winery in Mishor Adumim, located east of Jerusalem, Reuters reported.

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Mishor Adumim is an industrial park in the industrial zone of the city of Ma’ale Adumim housing more than 300 factories and businesses, a 10 minutes’ drive from Jerusalem. Several kosher wineries are located there, along with at least two large supermarkets and several Arab-owned businesses.

The leftist Peace Now organization was one of the groups that received the basket. “I’m sure it was an honest mistake,” a member of the organization told Reuters.

An Embassy official emphasized, “This should in no way be interpreted as a change of our policy on settlements, which is long-standing and clear.”  The United States is opposed to the presence of Israeli residents in Judea and Samaria, and in any area claimed by the Palestinian Authority for its hoped-for Arab state.

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Hana Levi Julian is a Middle East news analyst with a degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Southern Connecticut State University. A past columnist with The Jewish Press and senior editor at Arutz 7, Ms. Julian has written for Babble.com, Chabad.org and other media outlets, in addition to her years working in broadcast journalism.