UK Sanctions Israeli Settlers but Miliband Declares ‘Unwavering’ Support for Israel
Britain will ban settlement imports and sanction businesses and extremists, as Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband says 65 Palestinian communities were expelled since 2023.
- British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced a ban on imports from illegal Israeli settlements and restrictions on arms exports, declaring the occupation unlawful. Britain will also sanction businesses facilitating settlement expansion in the West Bank.
- The policy follows the International Court of Justice's 2024 advisory opinion deeming Israel's presence unlawful. Miliband accused "settler terrorists" of carrying out "ethnic cleansing," stating Britain would no longer be a bystander to the destruction of the two-state solution.
- France and Canada are joining Britain in banning settlement goods as part of a 12-country push to restrict trade. Measures include banning advertisements for settlement properties and sanctioning individuals providing infrastructure, financing, or real estate services.
- Miliband stressed these measures target the occupation, not Israel itself, while explicitly rejecting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. Britain will continue what he called its "important and valued trade" with Israel inside the Green Line.
- Addressing the Gaza war, Miliband cited "increasing evidence that war crimes appear to have been committed" by the IDF. However, the government will not label the conflict genocide until international courts make a final determination.
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"The British Government recognizes that ethnic cleansing of Palestinians is taking place in areas of the West Bank, perpetrated by terrorist settlers, and that too often the Israeli Government has closed its eyes to this situation," said British Foreign Minister Ed Miliband.
UK sanctions Israeli settlers but Miliband declares ‘unwavering’ support for Israel
Britain has formally declared Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory unlawful and announced sanctions targeting illegal settlements — but Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has refused to recognise Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide while declaring his “unwavering” support for the Israeli state.
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