UK says there should be 'no economic involvement in illegal settlements' for first time

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : According to Israeli human rights group B'Tselem, Israel has driven out 59 Palestinian communities, home to more than 4,000 people, since 7 October 2023.
45% : And the pension funds of numerous councils - including Islington, Lewisham, Wandsworth and Caerphilly - have excluded companies on the United Nations' list of businesses involved in the occupied Palestinian territories.
40% : Reed pointed local councils to government guidance published in 2016 that prohibits procurement boycotts against Israeli firms and firms that trade with Israel.
38% : The government said: "The UK continues to support trade with Israel within 1967 lines, but states that there should be no economic involvement in illegal settlements.
37% : An ICJ opinion in 2024 ruled that Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory is illegal.
33% : In the past two years, multiple local authorities have voted to boycott companies complicit in Israeli war crimes or that arm Israel or benefit from its occupation of Palestinian territory.

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