UK to announce trade ban on goods from illegal Israeli settlements

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Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband is expected to present measures against the expansion of settlements to Parliament on Tuesday, Pensions Minister Pat McFadden said.

Israel in August opened bidding for 1,234 housing units in its E1 project, a controversial settlement plan that would link settlements in occupied East Jerusalem, which Israel has already illegally annexed, to the Maale Adumim settlement bloc in the West Bank.

Palestinians have warned that advancing the plans would lead to confining Palestinians in the occupied West Bank to “disconnected enclaves surrounded by settlements”.

McFadden did not share details on how a UK ban on settlement goods would be enforced. He said settlement growth in recent weeks and months had made the threat to Palestinian statehood more urgent, but that Israel remained an important trading partner.

A medida também segue semanas de pogromos em aumento por colonos em vilarejos palestinos, alguns dos quais atraindo críticas raras do Primeiro‑Ministro israelense Benjamin Netanyahu e do embaixador dos Estados Unidos em Israel, Mike Huckabee.

However, Netanyahu has previously said he will keep expanding illegal settlements, despite international pressure.

Mais de 140 deputados do Labour pediram a proibição do comércio com empresas israelenses que operam na Cisjordânia ocupada, com apoio público significativo à medida.

On Monday, Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who took office in July, spoke to US President Donald Trump to stress the importance of a two-state solution.

The UK recognised Palestinian statehood one year ago, under Burnham’s predecessor, Keir Starmer.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee criticised the reports and said a ban would be an “irrational action”.

Huckabee has previously expressed support for settlements.

Mais de 500. 000 israelenses vivem em assentamentos ilegais na Cisjordânia ocupada, que abriga cerca de três milhões de palestinos.

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