British lawmaker repeats call for ban on goods from Israeli settlements in West Bank
LONDON: Emily Thornberry, chair of the UK Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, has once again called on the British government to ban imports of goods produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Such a move could help preserve the prospects of a two-state solution to the conflict between Israel and Palestine, she added.
Thornberry stressed that she did not support a blanket ban on all Israeli goods but believed targeting settlement products could serve as a deterrent to settlement expansions and the displacement of Palestinians. She also argued that British money should not contribute to the expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied territory.
On Wednesday, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband criticized Israel over a tender for new settlement construction in the West Bank, describing it as an “unacceptable act” that would undermine prospects for a two-state solution.
