UK, France among 12 states backing sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : "The government of Israel's in the West Bank are undermining the possibility of a two-state solution," the statement said.
46% : Israel is also pushing ahead with plans for the so-called E1 settlement expansion close to Jerusalem, which human rights organisations warn would essentially sever the West Bank in two, further hampering the freedom of movement of Palestinians on either side of it and endangering the possibility of a Palestinian state.
45% : Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, said Miliband's comments condemning the "ethnic cleansing" of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank by "settler terrorists" signal a "seismic shift" in the UK government's position.
39% : He added that Israel ⁠was closing Britain's consulate in occupied East Jerusalem ⁠accredited to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank in retaliation.
39% : " Details remain unclear The impact on the 6-billion-pound ($8.12bn) annual bilateral trade between the UK and Israel is likely to be minimal, with details remain unclear of how the UK will differentiate between goods originating in West Bank settlements and products made in Israel.
38% : " The United States, through its ambassador to Israel, has already criticised the UK's plan to impose sanctions, while two Israeli ministers called for measures to be taken against the UK.
35% : "Unfortunately, a hostile Labour Government is in office, systematically acting against the State of Israel, and it has left us with no choice but to finally respond to its hostile actions," Saar said.
34% : "Today we refuse to be bystanders to further suffering and to the destruction of the two-state solution," Miliband said, referring to the UK's long-held support for the two-state solution, which Israel opposes.
33% : Saar also said Britain would no longer be able to allowed ⁠to participate in the ⁠US-led coordination mission for Gaza, that British training of Palestinian ⁠Authority forces in the West Bank ⁠would be ⁠terminated, and that some elected UK officials and other nationals be banned from entering Israel.
30% : Keir Starmer's government had got it wrong on Israel.

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