Sep 9, 2026 – 8.57amLondon | Britain’s decision to ban trade with Israel’s West Bank settlements was always going to provoke a fierce result from the world’s only Jewish state.Accusing those settlers of “ethnic cleansing” in the occupied Palestinian territory was an incendiary gesture that plays to ferocious domestic anti-Israel sentiment, but arguably strengthens Benjamin Netanyahu as he fights for his political survival ahead of an election next month.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
‘Ethnic cleansing’: Israel-UK relations hit new low in settler stoush
Britain’s move to chastise Israel over West Bank settlement expansion and violence against Palestinians was telegraphed, but the extent of the action surprised.
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