Jewish and Israeli officials and institutions in Israel and abroad have expressed outrage over the EU’s decision to label products made in Judea-Samaria, eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, causing fears of a widespread boycott. 

But two MKs have decided to respond with measures of their own Thursday – exchanging their European-made cars in a tit-for-tat protest over the move. 

Both Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel (Jewish Home) and MK Betzalel Smotrich (Jewish Home) swapped their cars, Smotrich revealed in a tweet. 

In his tweet, Smotrich said he had exchanged his European-made Citroen for a Japanese model.

Smotrich and Ariel’s exchanges have taken national outrage to a more personal level. On Wednesday, the Israeli Foreign Ministry had summoned the EU ambassador over the labeling, and issued a particularly strong condemnation. 

“Israel condemns the European Union’s decision to label Israeli goods originating from over the ’67 lines,” the foreign ministry said in a statement following the decision, referencing the 1949 Armistice line.

“We regret that the EU has chosen, for political reasons, to take such an exceptional and discriminatory step, inspired by the boycott movement, particularly at this time, when Israel is confronting a wave of terrorism targeting any and all of its citizens,” it added.