A third of Labour lawmakers urge Britain to ban trade with Israeli settlements
The letter says 137 Labour lawmakers want ministers to follow International Court of Justice guidance and impose stronger consequences for settlement expansion.
- On Sunday, more than 140 Labour MPs signed a letter urging Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper to ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements, citing an "urgent need for accountability" regarding violations against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
- Settlement expansion and annexation measures have "dramatically accelerated" under Israel's current government, with the United Nations recording almost 2,000 settler attacks in 2025 as international law increasingly views the occupation as illegal.
- Amnesty International UK has demanded the government prevent the "Great Israeli Real Estate Event" scheduled for June 14 in London, arguing it normalizes illegal settlements by marketing properties alongside mainstream Israeli cities.
- Britain's Foreign Ministry declined to comment on future sanctions despite pressure from Labour lawmakers, though it stated it has "strongly and repeatedly condemned settler violence and the expansion of illegal settlements."
- Other European nations including Spain, Ireland, and the Netherlands have already restricted settlement imports, increasing pressure on the UK government to align with international legal obligations regarding the occupied West Bank.
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A third of Labour MPs urge UK to ban Israeli settlement trade
More than a third of lawmakers from Britain's governing Labour Party signed a letter on Monday calling on the government to end trade with Israel's illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. "There is an urgent need for accountability and concrete consequences in response to Israel's violations against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, which are spiralling by the day," said the letter. "We believe ending trade with s…
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Close to 140 U.K. Labour MPs call to ban trade with West Bank settlements
A letter by British Labour lawmakers urged the foreign secretary to 'take urgent, concrete action to counter the escalation of violations against Palestinians.' Their petition cites the Israeli Finance Minister's vow last month to clear the Palestinian village of Khan al-Ahmar
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