British Prime Minister Andy Burnham defended his government\u2019s decision to ban trade with Israeli settlements in the\u00a0occupied West Bank\u00a0on Wednesday, saying that Britain was being true to its roots by taking a stand for justice.<\/p>\n
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\u201cBritain has to stand for fairness against injustice where people are being bullied out of their homes,\u201d Burnham told Parliament. \u201cWe will always stand with the underdog and take what action we can to support them.\u201d<\/p>\n
The U.K. announced the ban on Tuesday, and Israel responded by closing the British consulate in east Jerusalem and banning 11 lawmakers from the country.<\/p>\n
The U.K.\u2019s tougher stance was followed by France and Canada\u2019s leaders saying they would take similar action to prevent\u00a0expanding settlements and growing violence\u00a0from making it impossible to establish a future Palestinian state.<\/p>\n
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said \u201csettler terrorists\u201d were carrying out \u201cethnic cleansing\u201d of Palestinians in the U.K. government\u2019s biggest pushback to Israel since it\u00a0recognized Palestinian statehood\u00a0a year ago. He said there had been \u201chouses bulldozed, roads and public infrastructure destroyed, families displaced from their homes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar condemned the \u201cdespicable\u201d move and said Israel would expel U.K. representatives from a joint military center monitoring the Gaza ceasefire and end U.K. training of the Palestinian Authority\u2019s security forces in the West Bank. In addition, Israel barred entry to a dozen British lawmakers and other U.K. citizens whom Saar said were \u201cinvolved in antisemitic and anti-Israel activity.\u201d<\/p>\n
Miliband, who is Jewish, said he was disappointed with Israel\u2019s response and rejected criticism from the U.K.\u2019s chief rabbi, saying it would not lead to more antisemitism in the U.K.<\/p>\n
Ephraim Mirvis, the chief rabbi in the U.K., accused the government of \u201cgesture politics\u201d that would bolster \u201cthe very extremism they seek to target.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe all need to do more to tackle antisemitism, but I believe we can do that and stand up for British values,\u201d Miliband said.<\/p>\n
The ban covers imports of all goods from the settlements and bars companies from providing services for the settlements, including financing, construction, infrastructure, real estate and advertising. It will take effect in up to nine months.<\/p>\n
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Poland, Portugal and Sweden have pledged to \u201csupport further action,\u201d Miliband said. The Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium, Spain and Norway have either banned goods from settlements or are in the process of doing so, he said.<\/p>\n
Miliband also tightened Britain\u2019s embargo on weapons sales to Israel for use in Gaza to include arms \u201cthat materially contribute to the occupation\u201d of Palestinian territories.<\/p>\n
Conservative lawmaker Bernard Jenkin said he was concerned that the government\u2019s decision could affect counterterror cooperation with Israel to keep Britons safe.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are now embarked, it seems, on a full diplomatic dispute with Israel and tit-for-tat expulsions of diplomats,\u201d Jenkin said.<\/p>\n
The economic impact of the ban is likely to be limited, since the settlements produce only a small amount of largely agricultural exports. But the move is a symbolic expression of displeasure with Israel by some of its closest allies, and it offers a new sign of the Israeli government\u2019s growing isolation as a result of the Gaza war.<\/p>\n
Under Israeli Prime Minister\u00a0Benjamin Netanyahu\u00a0\u2018s ultranationalist government,\u00a0settlement construction\u00a0in the West Bank \u2014 seized by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war \u2014 has surged. Netanyahu\u2019s government views the West Bank as the biblical and historical homeland of the Jewish people and is opposed to the creation of a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n
The international community overwhelmingly considers such construction to be illegal. Britain and other countries have voiced particular concern about the\u00a0E1 settlement project\u00a0approved by Israel, which would effectively cut the territory in two.<\/p>\n
There have been marked increases in attacks by settlers on Palestinians, evictions from Palestinian towns, Israeli military operations and checkpoints that choke freedom of movement, as well as several Palestinian attacks on Israelis.<\/p>\n
Britain\u2019s action was applauded by former Ireland President Mary Robinson and ex-New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, both former U.N. officials. The two said the EU should follow suit.<\/p>\n
\u201cA coordinated international defense of the two-state solution is needed now more than ever,\u201d they said. \u201cPalestine must not be erased.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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