UK to announce ban on trade with Israeli settlements in West Bank: Report
- On Tuesday, the U.K. joined 11 other nations in announcing plans to sanction trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, citing an "unprecedented level of settler violence and settlement expansion."
- British Foreign Minister Miliband stated sanctions will target companies providing infrastructure, financing, or services for settlement expansion, with measures to be passed within six to nine months.
- Responding to the move, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar announced countermeasures including closing the British consulate in Jerusalem and barring 12 British officials accused of being "involved in antisemitic and anti-Israel activity."
- Florida Republican Congressman Randy Fine warned that state law would "ban any British company forced to comply from doing business" in Florida, while Israeli President Issac Herzog called sanctions a "grave miscalculation."
- The Palestinian Authority welcomed the sanctions as Israel continues pushing plans for the E1 project in the West Bank, an area seen as crucial for establishing a contiguous Palestinian state.
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11 European nations to sanction Israeli settlements in the West Bank
British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband accused "settler terrorists" of "ethnic cleansing" in areas of the West Bank and said the UK was bringing in an "import ban on goods from illegal settlements." Israel closed the British consulate in Jerusalem in response.
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Twelve countries, including France, the United Kingdom and Canada, announced on Tuesday their intention to sanction trade with Israeli settlements
Foreign Ministers confirmed on Tuesday the intention to introduce national restrictions and support European measures restricting trade in goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank. British Government accuses settlers of ethnic cleansing in the illegally occupied West Bank.
Britain announces extensive sanctions against Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Eleven more countries, including Sweden, want to see similar sanctions. – Israel's occupation of the West Bank is illegal. I am announcing that we are introducing an import ban on goods manufactured in settlements in the West Bank, says Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband in the British House of Commons.
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