Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert supports UK sanctions on West Bank settlers
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has criticized the Israeli government's furious reaction to UK sanctions against West Bank settlers and defended the UK's diplomatic measures.
- Ehud Olmert backed UK sanctions on West Bank settlers.
- Olmert criticized the Israeli government's closure of the UK consulate in East Jerusalem.
Sources
- The Independent — Former Israeli prime minister backs UK’s sanctions on West Bank settlers
- Al Jazeera — Burnham defends UK ban on Israeli settlement trade
- The Independent — Trump says he will ‘speak to Israel’ after UK trade ban on West Bank settlements
- The Guardian — Senior UK rabbis come out in support of sanctions on Israeli settlements
- The Guardian — ‘It’s a good start’: prominent Israelis welcome UK sanctions on illegal settlements
- The Guardian — Israel sanctions will not hurt intelligence sharing between spy agencies, says Miliband
- The Independent — Israel is punishing Palestinians by closing UK’s Jerusalem consulate, says former Israeli official
- The Guardian — Burnham sees sanctions against Israeli settlements as an electoral asset
- Semafor — Israel hits back at UK over trade restrictions
- Semafor — UK bans trade with Israeli settlements
- Al Jazeera — What the UK ban on goods from illegal Israeli settlements really means
- France 24 — UK, France, Canada sanction Israeli West Bank goods
- France 24 — UK, France, Canada to ban imports from Israeli settlements
- The Independent — This is why UK sanctions against West Bank settlers are so seismic
- CNBC — UK announces new Israeli settlement sanctions, despite U.S. warning of economic consequences
- The Independent — What are the Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and how has the UK sanctioned them?
- Euronews — 11 European nations and Canada announce trade sanctions on Israeli settlements in the West Bank
- The Guardian — UK foreign secretary announces sanctions on trade with Israeli West Bank settlements – video
- NPR — U.K. accuses Israeli settlers of 'ethnic cleansing' in West Bank and bans their goods
- Politico — France and Canada join UK in issuing trade sanctions on Israeli settlements
- Deutsche Welle — UK announces trade sanctions on Israeli settlements in occupied West Bank
- Financial Times — UK set to announce trade ban on Israeli settlements in the West Bank
- The Guardian — UK to adopt tougher stance on Israel with illegal settlements trade ban