UK to announce ban on trade with Israeli settlements in West Bank: Report
The move follows rising settler violence and would bar goods and some services from settlements, with officials citing a two-state solution and international law.
- The UK government plans to impose sanctions on Israeli settlements in the West Bank, targeting trade and business dealings to support a two-state solution alongside Israel, according to Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband's forthcoming parliamentary statement.
- Israeli officials, including President Isaac Herzog, condemned the UK sanctions as election interference and counterproductive to peace efforts, leading Israel to close the British consulate in East Jerusalem and expel British representatives.
- The United States declined to impose similar restrictions, emphasizing caution to avoid escalating tensions in the West Bank, while eleven other Western nations joined the UK in proposing restrictions on Israeli settlement trade.
- Turkey supports the UK-led initiative by 12 countries to ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements, viewing settlement expansion as an obstacle to peace and calling for broader international measures and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state based on 1967 borders.
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British government bans goods from Israeli settlements and accuses settlers of 'ethnic cleansing'
The United Kingdom on Tuesday banned trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, where it says "settler terrorists" are carrying out "ethnic cleansing" of Palestinians, in a significant toughening of Britain's stance toward a longtime ally.
Canada, U.K., France to ban trade of goods from Israeli settlements in occupied West Bank
Canada, Britain and France say they will ban the trade of goods with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The U.K. is going a step further by implementing fresh sanctions and saying it will take additional action against companies and individuals that support settlement expansion.
Israel to close UK consulate in East Jerusalem, expel British reps over settlement sanctions - The Tribune
As per the news report, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar announced the measures, which also include ending British military training for Palestinian Authority security forces in Ramallah and barring 12 British elected representatives and other nationals from entering Israel over what Israeli authorities termed antisemitic and anti-Israel activity.
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