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Israel is expected to take retaliatory measures similar to those against the UK, in response to sanctions imposed by France and other countries on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband stated that Israel’s retaliatory measures against Britain, following the ban imposed by London, France, and Canada on trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, will be damaging.
France, along with 11 other countries including Canada, Spain, and Denmark, will begin banning products from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank following Britain’s similar decision.
UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband confirmed that the UK will ban imports of goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, describing Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land as unlawful. He warned of “ethnic cleansing” carried out by “settler terrorists” and accused the Israeli government of ignoring the violence.
Britain has privately assured the US that its planned sanctions targeting illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank will be largely symbolic and will not materially impact the UK’s broader trade or security relations with Israel.
US Representative Randy Fine stated that any company boycotting Israel will be prohibited from doing business in Florida, responding to reports that Britain is considering banning trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank amid rising Israeli violence against Palestinians.
