Israeli Settlement Winemaker Defiant After UK-Led Trade Sanctions
The measures target trade and services tied to settlements and come as at least nine other countries plan similar sanctions.
- On Tuesday, Britain, France, and Canada imposed trade curbs on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, citing rampant violence against Palestinians as a threat to a two-state solution.
- Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband accused settlers of "ethnic cleansing" in Parliament, while data shows more than 500,000 Israelis live among some 3 million Palestinians in the territory.
- Co-Founder Yaakov Berg of the Psagot Winery dismissed the sanctions as "pure antisemitism," vowing to expand operations despite the UK accounting for around $1 million in annual exports.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced countermeasures including closing the British Consulate General in East Jerusalem, while at least nine other countries plan similar trade restrictions.
- Although the White House did not oppose the U.K.-led effort, U.S. Israeli ambassador Mike Huckabee called the sanctions discriminatory, as analysts describe the move as a sign of Israel's growing isolation.
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Psagot, 9 Sep. (askanews) - At the Psagot winery, in the Israeli industrial area of Shaar Binyamin, in the occupied West Bank, workers and soldiers between bottles and boxes ready for shipment. The owner Yaakov Berg rejects the blockade of trade with Israeli settlements decided by twelve countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada and France, after the increase of the violence of the settlers against the Palestinians. Israel reacted by order…
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Israeli settlement winemaker defiant after UK-led trade sanctions
Britain a day before led allies in a ban on exports from Israeli settlements in the West Bank, which are illegal under international law, accusing settlers of "ethnic cleansing" through their rising attacks on Palestinians. Despite Britain being an important export market for the Psagot winery, co-founder Yaakov Berg downplayed the economic impact of sanctions, vowing to stay on the land and grow his business. "Of course we'll lose some sales, b…
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