UK to announce ban on trade with Israeli settlements in West Bank: Report
The sanctions would bar goods and some services from settlements and add pressure on Israel as public support for the move remains broad, polls show.
- Prime Minister Andy Burnham is expected to announce a ban on trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank on Tuesday, following a phone call with US President Donald Trump on Monday about preserving a two-state solution.
- Foreign Secretary Miliband warned that Israeli settlement expansion in the E1 area risks making a Palestinian state unviable, describing the plans as "the crossing of a red line" that cuts through the heart of the West Bank.
- US Ambassador Mike Huckabee warned the UK could face retaliation if sanctions proceed, stating such action could have a "huge, economic impact on British businesses" across multiple US states.
- Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar called the move "absurd," while a Downing Street spokesman rejected allegations of "Jew hate," stating the government remains "committed to protecting Jewish communities in the UK."
- The Foreign Secretary is due to make the official announcement in the House of Commons this afternoon, aiming to "reset" the relationship with Israel while imposing sanctions on individuals involved in settlement activity.
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The ban, similar to the Spanish one, will affect the goods that come from the hundreds of farms and other places denounced by the UN in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The Government of Israel threatens reprisals, including the recognition of the Malvinas Islands as Argentines.
The British measures arise when there is growing indignation in the Western countries with the acceleration of the expansion and construction of settlements in the West Bank, territory occupied by Israel since 1967.
Canada and France are preparing to announce their willingness to join the British Government of Andy Burnham in the planned formalisation of the commercial ban on goods produced in Israeli colonies of occupied Palestinian territories. (ANSA)
U.K. to bar import of goods from West Bank settlements in growing rift with Israel
The expected move marks the starkest break yet from the U.K.’s traditional role as a staunch supporter of Israel and comes in response to Israeli actions in the West Bank and Gaza.
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