The UK's trade ban with Israeli settlements explained

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Contrary to the UN, Israel officially recognises and administers some settlements.
40% : Israel disputes this, saying it cannot be classed as an occupying power, as no country owned the land before it took the territory in 1967, and it has not transferred its population to the territories; people move freely.
38% : However, America's ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, said before the announcement that sanctions were "irrational" and he did not "understand what it's supposed to achieve".
36% : Creating settlements can involve confiscating land and displacing Palestinians, which is illegal under the Geneva Convention, as is the moving of Israeli civilians into territory Israel occupies.
26% : The International Court of Justice (ICJ) said all UN member states were under an obligation "not to recognise as legal the situation arising from the unlawful presence of the state of Israel in the occupied Palestinian territory and not to render aid or assistance in maintaining the situation".
26% : Other opponents are Labour Friends of Israel (LFI), which said the ban is "practically impossible and will become a de facto boycott of all of Israel, which would be deeply damaging to the UK national interest, the British Jewish community, and Palestinian workers".
13% : Such outposts have long been opposed by the UK government, which believes them to be a breach of international law and a threat to a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine. Also adding pressure is its July 2024 advisory opinion from the UN's top court, which said Israel's presence in the occupied territories was "unlawful".

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