- Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert and ex- IDF chief Dan Halutz have supported the UK government’s ban on imports from West Bank settlements.
- The pair condemned "Jewish terror" and warned that settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank amounted to an "effort at ethnic cleansing".
- UK foreign secretary Ed Miliband announced the sanctions, which include import restrictions, financial sanctions on developers, and suspended arms export licences.
- Israel reacted furiously to the UK decision, with President Isaac Herzog calling it a "grave miscalculation" and the government closing the British consulate in East Jerusalem.
- Prime minister Andy Burnham defended the new approach in the House of Commons, arguing that Britain must demonstrate leadership and stand against injustice.
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