The UK government is preparing new restrictions on goods produced in Jewish settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband is expected to set out the measures in the House of Commons on Tuesday. They could include limits on trade in certain agricultural products from settlements.

Last week, Miliband said the UK would deliver a “comprehensive reset” of its policy on Israel. The Israeli government has previously warned it would retaliate if new UK measures were introduced.

Miliband Set To Outline Measures On Tuesday

Labour MPs who have received briefings on the plans believe the restrictions are designed to target trade linked to illegal settlements. They said the sanctions would extend beyond goods to include services as well.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham told Labour MPs at their weekly parliamentary meeting on Monday night that Miliband would make a statement in Parliament, according to several MPs present. Burnham was also said to have briefed international leaders about the proposals in phone calls on Monday afternoon.

No 10 said Burnham discussed the call with US President Donald Trump, with the prime minister stressing the importance of a two-state solution. An official summary of the conversation did not specify that the sanctions were among the topics, and the US has not commented, despite indications it is likely to oppose the proposals.

Scope Of Potential Trade Restrictions

The BBC has not seen the full details of the planned measures.

In July, Stephen Doughty, then Europe minister and now Middle East minister, told the business select committee that existing UK powers to impose restrictions were not sufficient. He said sanctions could be applied where evidence linked them to settler violence, but not, he argued, to other areas such as settlement contracting work. He said the government needed to widen its sanctions powers.

Ministers are also said to recognise that a ban on a relatively small quantity of mostly agricultural goods would be largely symbolic. However, the government is expected to present Tuesday’s announcement as a major reset in Britain’s broader approach to Israel.

E1 Settlement Plans And Two-State Pressure

The expected move comes after Israel published tenders for the construction of about 1,200 settlement homes in the E1 area, east of Jerusalem. The plans have drawn widespread international condemnation, and Israel has held back from developing the area for decades under global pressure.

In his first speech to Parliament as foreign secretary last week, Miliband said the E1 plans were “illegal under international law” and described them as crossing a “red line”, saying the development cuts through the heart of the West Bank and risks making a Palestinian state unviable.

Burnham also warned that the E1 announcement could “imperil or end” the two-state solution. The UK government believes the rapid expansion of settlements is jeopardising prospects for that outcome.

This intervention is coming just under a year after Sir Keir Starmer’s government recognised a state of Palestine and said the UK had a moral responsibility to support a peaceful future for Israelis and Palestinians.

Labour chair of the foreign affairs select committee Emily Thornberry said it was not enough for the UK merely to recognise Palestine, adding that the UK had to do what it could to protect the possibility of an independent Palestinian state alongside a secure Israel. She rejected the idea that the UK move would boost support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in upcoming elections, telling BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that Israel “is a democracy with many different views”.

Peter Prinsley, a Labour MP and vice-chair of Labour Friends of Israel, said he backed a two-state solution but had concerns about the impact of the announcement, including its effect on the election. He also said he had warned Miliband that the move carried a risk of increased attacks on the British Jewish community.

Jonathan Hall KC, the UK’s independent reviewer of terror legislation, told Newsnight there was “a risk” that making Israel a pariah would fuel antisemitic attacks, pointing to recent years in which such incidents had surged. He said he hoped ministers would be careful in how they described any measures.

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They need to kick out the military weapons factories and Ai surveillance companies as a first priority

along with the shady back hand money influencing political decisions in favour of the Zionist ,genocidal ,terrorist state.

21 minutes ago, webfact said:

Burnham also warned that the E1 announcement could “imperil or end” the two-state solution.

That ship has sailed .

A united Israel is the way forward

2 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

A united Israel is the way forward

United with the United States of Trump ? (almost done)

or the greater Israel project Turkey next on the agenda ??

4 minutes ago, johng said:

United with the United States of Trump ? (almost done)

or the greater Israel project Turkey next on the agenda ??

Like this :

3 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

Like this :

Is that from the river to the sea ???

9 minutes ago, johng said:

Is that from the river to the sea ???

Not just that , the Golan heights as well

38 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

Not just that , the Golan heights as well

Disgusting Zionist land grabbing terrorists !

Proud of my government 👏

4 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Proud of my government 👏

Which government is that?

3 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

Which government is that?

The one that this thread is about - UK. Sorry if it wasn't clear.

54 minutes ago, johng said:

Disgusting Zionist land grabbing terrorists !

Although you would support it if it was .

You don't oppose land grabbing terrorists , you just want to be the ones doing it

Israel has responded by closing the UK Consulate in Jerusalem .

Israel to close UK consulate in East Jerusalem

The Israeli government will close the UK's consulate in Jerusalem in reaction to the UK sanctioning goods produced in the occupied West Bank, Israel's foreign minister announces.

"A united Jerusalem is the capital of the state of Israel, and it is under the full sovereignty of Israel... Any foreign activity in the region must be made in the conventional and agreed-upon ways, without any intervention in Israeli sovereignty," Gideon Saar says.

The closure is significant because the consulate represents the UK government in the West Bank and Gaza, working on "political, commercial, security and economic interests between the UK and Palestine".

This move is likely to damage the UK's ability to work in Palestine, as it does not have an outpost in either the West Bank or Gaza.

Saar also announces that 12 publicly elected British officials will also be banned from entry into Israel, whom Saar accuses of being "involved in anti-Israeli and antisemitic activities".

He also says he will "expel British representatives in from the International Centre for Assistance" in Gaza and Kiryat Gat in Israel.

While UK "activities for training PA [Palestinian Authority] forces" in Ramat HaSharon in Israel will also be banned.

"We will also take retaliatory measures based on our discretion. The message to any government that seeks to harm us is clear. Those who act against Israel, Israel will act against them, and they will lose up their influence and relevance in the region," Saar adds.

31 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

Israel has responded by closing the UK Consulate in Jerusalem .

Israel to close UK consulate in East Jerusalem

The Israeli government will close the UK's consulate in Jerusalem in reaction to the UK sanctioning goods produced in the occupied West Bank, Israel's foreign minister announces.

"A united Jerusalem is the capital of the state of Israel, and it is under the full sovereignty of Israel... Any foreign activity in the region must be made in the conventional and agreed-upon ways, without any intervention in Israeli sovereignty," Gideon Saar says.

The closure is significant because the consulate represents the UK government in the West Bank and Gaza, working on "political, commercial, security and economic interests between the UK and Palestine".

This move is likely to damage the UK's ability to work in Palestine, as it does not have an outpost in either the West Bank or Gaza.

Saar also announces that 12 publicly elected British officials will also be banned from entry into Israel, whom Saar accuses of being "involved in anti-Israeli and antisemitic activities".

He also says he will "expel British representatives in from the International Centre for Assistance" in Gaza and Kiryat Gat in Israel.

While UK "activities for training PA [Palestinian Authority] forces" in Ramat HaSharon in Israel will also be banned.

"We will also take retaliatory measures based on our discretion. The message to any government that seeks to harm us is clear. Those who act against Israel, Israel will act against them, and they will lose up their influence and relevance in the region," Saar adds.

OK, like Ireland, now kick out the Israeli ambassador to London let them rot. They've shut down the British consulate, so perhaps we should play them at their own game.

And before the usual “but do you condemn Hamas?” brigade pipes up: yes, unequivocally. Now, can we have the same unequivocal condemnation of the actions of illegal Israeli settlers and the Israeli government's actions? They are truly now a genocidal pariah state.

And opposite the Holocaust Museum in Israel lies the ruined and destroyed Palestinian village of Deir Yassin, without a single memorial to the horror and terror that the Zionist terrorists conducted on them in 1948 they were terrorists from the very off and now with the whole state and fiendish technology at their disposal.

https://www.palestineremembered.com/Jerusalem/Dayr-Yasin/index.html

And they have been and always were far worse than Hamas.

At the time, the New York Times correspondent reported: 'Twenty men of the [Jewish] Agency's Haganah militia reinforced fifty-five Irgunists and forty-five Sternists who seized the village.' The Haganah stated that at dawn on 9 April 1948, 120 men (80 from IZL and 40 from LEHI) began an assault on the village. According to that account, 4 of the attackers were killed while storming the village. The History of the Haganah mentions that they carried out a massacre 'without discriminating among men and women, children and old people. They finished their work by loading some of the 'prisoners' who had fallen into their hands onto cars and parading them in the streets of Jerusalem in a 'victory convoy,' amidst the cheers of the Jewish masses. After that, these 'prisoners' were returned to the village and killed. The victims included men, women, and children, a total of 245 people.' The New York Times reported that about half of the victims were women and children; another 70 women and children from the village were carried off and later turned over to the British army in Jerusalem.

After the massacre, the Irgunists and Sternists escorted a party of U.S. correspondents, including one from the Times, to a house at the nearby settlement of Giv'at Sha'ul. Over tea and cookies, the perpetrators 'amplified the details' of the operation. They said that ten houses had been blown up in the village and that the attackers blew open doors and threw hand-grenades into others. A spokesman for the attackers said that the village was 'under control' within two hours, adding that he expected the Haganah to take over the village. The spokesman's claim was contradicted by the fact that, five hours into the attack, the IZL and LEHI forces appealed to the Haganah for help. The New York Times reported initially that the Haganah took over the occupation of Deir Yasin the day after the massacre, on 10 April, but the paper later said that they 'formally' occupied the village on 11 April. 'We will maintain the graves and remaining property…,' a Haganah statement proclaimed, 'and return it to the owners when the time comes.' The previous day, a member of the Arab Higher Committee had been quoted as saying that he had appealed in vain to the British police and army for the return of the victims' bodies for burial.

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12 minutes ago, beautifulthailand99 said:

OK, like Ireland, now kick out the Israeli ambassador to London let them rot. They've shut down the British consulate, so perhaps we should play them at their own game.

And before the usual “but do you condemn Hamas?” brigade pipes up: yes, unequivocally. Now, can we have the same unequivocal condemnation of the actions of illegal Israeli settlers and the Israeli government's actions? They are truly now a genocidal pariah state.

And opposite the Holocaust Museum in Israel lies the ruined and destroyed Palestinian village of Deir Yassin, without a single memorial to the horror and terror that the Zionist terrorists conducted on them in 1948 they were terrorists from the very off and now with the whole state and fiendish technology at their disposal.

https://www.palestineremembered.com/Jerusalem/Dayr-Yasin/index.html

And they have been and always were far worse than Hamas.

At the time, the New York Times correspondent reported: 'Twenty men of the [Jewish] Agency's Haganah militia reinforced fifty-five Irgunists and forty-five Sternists who seized the village.' The Haganah stated that at dawn on 9 April 1948, 120 men (80 from IZL and 40 from LEHI) began an assault on the village. According to that account, 4 of the attackers were killed while storming the village. The History of the Haganah mentions that they carried out a massacre 'without discriminating among men and women, children and old people. They finished their work by loading some of the 'prisoners' who had fallen into their hands onto cars and parading them in the streets of Jerusalem in a 'victory convoy,' amidst the cheers of the Jewish masses. After that, these 'prisoners' were returned to the village and killed. The victims included men, women, and children, a total of 245 people.' The New York Times reported that about half of the victims were women and children; another 70 women and children from the village were carried off and later turned over to the British army in Jerusalem.

After the massacre, the Irgunists and Sternists escorted a party of U.S. correspondents, including one from the Times, to a house at the nearby settlement of Giv'at Sha'ul. Over tea and cookies, the perpetrators 'amplified the details' of the operation. They said that ten houses had been blown up in the village and that the attackers blew open doors and threw hand-grenades into others. A spokesman for the attackers said that the village was 'under control' within two hours, adding that he expected the Haganah to take over the village. The spokesman's claim was contradicted by the fact that, five hours into the attack, the IZL and LEHI forces appealed to the Haganah for help. The New York Times reported initially that the Haganah took over the occupation of Deir Yasin the day after the massacre, on 10 April, but the paper later said that they 'formally' occupied the village on 11 April. 'We will maintain the graves and remaining property…,' a Haganah statement proclaimed, 'and return it to the owners when the time comes.' The previous day, a member of the Arab Higher Committee had been quoted as saying that he had appealed in vain to the British police and army for the return of the victims' bodies for burial.

The British Embassy in Tel Aviv is still open , just the consulate in Jerusalem (which serves the West bank) has been closed

So no more kosher pork or lobster for me from now on then. Just think of all the money they will be losing.

https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0%2C7340%2CL-4051769%2C00.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HRtTNX7boAAE7kW?format=jpg&name=large

Israel has announced countermeasures after the UK imposed new sanctions on the Jewish state.

The British Consulate in East Jerusalem will be closed, UK personnel will be removed from the Gaza coordination centre in Kiryat Gat, and Britain's programme training Palestinian Authority security forces will end.

Israel has also barred 12 British nationals from entering the country, accusing them of anti-Israel or antisemitic activity:

Jeremy Corbyn, Zarah Sultana, Naz Shah, Diane Abbott, Hannah Spencer, Carla Denyer, Sian Berry, Ellie Chowns, John McDonnell, Richard Burgon, Adrian Ramsay and Fahad Ansari, director of Riverway to the Sea.