Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleForeign Secretary Ed Miliband has announced a UK ban on imports from illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank and the advertising of settlement properties. West Bank Palestinians have welcomed the decision as a brave and moral step, although many emphasised that the measures are long overdue. Palestinian figures, including filmmaker Basel Adra, called on the UK and international community to impose broader action targeting the Israeli government directly. Israel reacted furiously to the policy shift by closing the UK consulate in East Jerusalem, with President Isaac Herzog describing the ban as a grave miscalculation. The UK government confirmed that the sanctions will focus specifically on illegal settlements and their expansion, ruling out wider measures against Israel. In fullMiliband’s ‘brave’ settlement trade ban has come too late, say West Bank PalestiniansMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
West Bank Palestinians issue verdict on UK’s settlement trade ban
Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleForeign Secretary Ed Miliband has announced a UK ban on imports from illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank and the advertising of settlement properties. West Bank Palestinians have welcomed the decision as a brave and moral step, although many emphasised that the measures are long overdue. Palestinian figures, including filmmaker Basel Adra, called on the UK and international community to impose broader action targeting the Israeli government directly. Israel reacted furiously to the policy shift by closing the UK consulate in East Jerusalem, with President Isaac Herzog describing the ban as a grave miscalculation. The UK government confirmed that the sanctions will focus specifically on illegal settlements and their expansion, ruling out wider measures against Israel. In fullMiliband’s ‘brave’ settlement trade ban has come too late, say West Bank PalestiniansMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
