UK to unveil 'comprehensive' response to Israeli West Bank settlement plans in coming weeks
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said the government may also ban trade in goods and services with Israeli settlements.
- Foreign Secretary Miliband announced Tuesday that Britain will unveil a "comprehensive" package of measures targeting West Bank settlements, stating the government "will not acquiesce" in the destruction of the two-state solution.
- Israel's publication of a tender for 1,200 housing units in the area between Jerusalem and the Adumim settlement prompted the response, with Miliband calling the development an "unacceptable and destructive act."
- Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Miliband are considering banning trade in all goods and services with West Bank settlements, aiming to stop British companies from financing, constructing, or advertising new settlement infrastructure.
- Leading British Jewish organizations, including Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, the Board of Deputies of British Jews, and the Jewish Leadership Council, raised concerns, with Mirvis warning Sunday that such measures would be "counter-productive."
- Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar warned that Israel would retaliate if Britain proceeds, characterizing the measures as "interference in Israel's upcoming election," while reports indicate Israel may expel British representatives from the Gaza coordination center in Kiryat Gat.
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UK to unveil 'comprehensive' response to Israeli West Bank settlement plans in coming weeks
Britain will set out a "comprehensive" package of measures on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank in the coming weeks, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said on Tuesday.
Miliband: U.K. to unveil 'comprehensive' measures against Israeli settlements
The British foreign secretary said his country would not 'acquiesce in the destruction of the two-state solution.' Israel's foreign minister, Gideon Sa'ar, said Israel was prepared to retaliate against such measures
In August, the head of British diplomacy had already called for a halt to the large-scale West Bank settlement project.
The United Kingdom will take “action” in the coming weeks against Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, new Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband promised today, condemning “acts of terrorism” by Israeli settlers. “In recent weeks we have witnessed absolutely appalling acts of settler terrorism and the expulsion of Palestinians from their homes,” […]
British Foreign Secretary Miliband announced that they aim to stop British companies that finance, build, and advertise Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. He emphasized that the attacks, which he described as "settler terrorism," weaken the two-state solution.
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