UK announces sanctions on trade with Israeli settlements
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced new measures against Israeli settlement expansion in a House of Commons statement.
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband delivered what the UK government described as its strongest statement on Israeli actions, announcing a series of new measures intended to address settlement expansion in the West Bank. Miliband accused Israeli forces of "ethnic cleansing" and described the situation as a "deeply painful contrast" between decades of British government rhetoric condemning illegal settlements and the failure to compel Israel to stop expansion.
The announcement represents an attempt to move beyond nearly half a century of British government statements opposing settlements as obstacles to peace and a two-state solution, though details of the specific trade sanctions were not outlined in the briefing.
Sources
- Wednesday briefing: Inside sweeping UK sanctions on trade with Israeli settlements — The Guardian — World
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