UK to announce ban on trade with Israeli settlements in West Bank: Report
- On Tuesday, 12 Western countries including Britain, France, and Canada ended trade in goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, coordinating action to oppose settlement expansion and protect the two-state solution.
- Escalating settler violence and the E1 settlement project prompted the initiative, as critics warn the project divides the West Bank, making a contiguous Palestinian state virtually impossible to establish.
- Polls show 46 per cent of British adults support the ban compared to 18 per cent who oppose it, while the impact on the £6 billion of annual bilateral trade is likely minimal.
- U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee condemned the move as "discrimination against the Jewish people," while Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir suggested retaliatory measures including closing the British Consulate in East Jerusalem.
- British Foreign Minister Ed Miliband stated the country could no longer remain a bystander to the destruction of the two-state solution, marking a departure from traditional policy amid deepening diplomatic isolation.
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UK to sanction Israeli West Bank settlements in support for two-state solution
Britain will announce a trade ban on goods made in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank later on Tuesday, a senior minister said, framed as a step up in UK support for a two-state solution.
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