LONDON: Hundreds of British MPs have publicly called for a full ban on trade and financial deals with illegal Israeli settlements. The 238 MPs, representing more than a third of Parliament, comprise 141 Labour members, 63 Liberal Democrats, two Conservatives, seven independents, seven from Sinn Fein, four from the Scottish National Party, four Greens, four from Plaid Cymru, two from the Social Democratic and Labour Party, and one from the Alliance Party.

One hundred and forty backbenchers have signed a letter to Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper after attacks and theft of land in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.

More than 140 MPs, including Wes Streeting, have urged the government to end 'trade with illegal Israeli settlements'