UK Government Bans Goods From Israeli Settlements in the West Bank

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : The United Kingdom, a longtime ally of Israel, recognized Palestinian statehood last year in an attempt to support efforts to achieve a two-state solution.
52% : The change in policy on settlements is likely to be welcomed by many Labour voters and lawmakers, who have urged the government to go further in sanctioning Israel and supporting the Palestinians.
50% : The move was also criticized by the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, who said that it was "discrimination against the Jewish people."
49% : " Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel's public security minister, called on Netanyahu to recognize Argentina's claim to the Falkland Islands, a British overseas territory in the South Atlantic known in Argentina as Islas Malvinas.
46% : Miliband also expanded Britain's embargo on weapons sales to Israel for use in Gaza to include arms "that materially contribute to the occupation" of Palestinian territories.
40% : Under Netanyahu's government, settlement construction in the West Bank -- captured by Israel from Jordan during the 1967 Mideast war -- has increased.
37% : U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham has voiced concerns about the E1 settlement project approved by Israel, which critics say could significantly affect the territorial continuity of a future Palestinian state.
32% : It's a significant change in Britain's stance towards longtime ally Israel, whose conduct towards the Palestinians under Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has increasingly been criticized by the U.K. and other Israeli allies.
32% : Israel disputes aspects of this position.
21% : Foreign Minister Gideon Saar warned that "if Britain acts against Israel, Israel will act against Britain.

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