Report: British banks told not to invest in planned Israeli settlement before UK trade ban begins

The Guardian — World has reported on “Report: British banks told not to invest in planned Israeli settlement before UK trade ban begins,” presenting it as the central development in the source material available for this brief.

The available account reports that mPs send out letter as Israeli government seeks bids for construction of large E1 settlement in West Bank British banks and financial institutions are receiving written warnings from MPs that they should not invest in Israel’s E1 settlement project even though new UK laws banning trade with illegal settlements are unlikely to be in place for months. The report also notes that A letter was sent on Tuesday to all banks by the all-party Britain-Palestine group of MPs saying the onus was now on banks to review their obligations not to cooperate with new settlements.

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