Well, I speak as a British Jew, and the reason we took the action yesterday is because we see the two-state solution – the only hope in my view for security and dignity for both the Israeli and Palestinian people – being destroyed before our eyes by the facts on the ground, the ever expanding settlement expansion.
Discussing the UK Government's ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements.
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I utterly reject the idea that we want to make Israel a pariah state. I couldn’t have been more clear in my statement about our friendship with the Israeli people and indeed our wish to have trade with green line Israel.
The E1 project would cut across land sought for a future Palestinian state and put a two-state solution at risk.
We should have acted earlier, and it has taken the new prime minister to come in to recognise the gravity of the situation, to recognise the degree of public concern on these questions.
We will ban imports from Israeli settlements, prohibit advertising for settlement property in the UK and impose sanctions on companies and individuals involved in financing, construction, infrastructure and other activity supporting…
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