LONDON: British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is expected to announce within weeks a broad ban on trade in goods produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, British media reported on Wednesday. According to The Telegraph, Burnham is considering a full embargo on settlement goods in response to Israel’s planned construction in the contentious E1 area, a corridor between East Jerusalem and the Maale Adumim settlement.

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LONDON: British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is expected to announce within weeks a broad ban on trade in goods produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, British…