A new approach was necessary because plans for the E1 development in the West Bank would render a two-state solution unviable by cutting through the heart of Palestine.
Discussing the need for a new approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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We weighed the costs and the benefits of acting. We thought that we couldn’t just simply stand by because we feared Israeli reaction.
There is a choice that we face in this, which is – do we stand by? Are we bystanders to the end of a long-established government policy and indeed the only hope for security and stability in the Middle East, or do we act?
The set of measures I have announced represents a clear message to the government of Israel, to the Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, and to the world that we will not acquiesce in the destruction of the two-state solution.
I formally declare that Britain considers Israel’s occupation of the West Bank unlawful.
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