Britain to announce measures on Israeli settlements in occupied West Bank
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said Britain will present a comprehensive package of measures in the coming weeks over Israeli settlements.
London, United Kingdom. Britain will set out a “comprehensive” package of measures on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank in the coming weeks, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband told lawmakers on Tuesday.
E1 settlement project
Miliband said Israel’s E1 settlement project would cut across land sought by Palestinians for a future state and “risks making a Palestinian state unviable”.
“This government will not acquiesce in the destruction of the two-state solution,” he said. “We will act and I will set out a comprehensive set of measures in the coming weeks.”
European criticism
Britain and other European nations have criticised Israel’s plans. Prime Minister Andy Burnham said before taking office that he was “looking at measures to ban trade in goods with illegal settlements”.
The Times reported on Monday that the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump was “closely” tracking any plans to introduce a trade ban.
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