- Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has announced a UK ban on imports from illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank and the advertising of settlement properties.
- West Bank Palestinians have welcomed the decision as a brave and moral step, although many emphasised that the measures are long overdue.
- Palestinian figures, including filmmaker Basel Adra, called on the UK and international community to impose broader action targeting the Israeli government directly.
- Israel reacted furiously to the policy shift by closing the UK consulate in East Jerusalem, with President Isaac Herzog describing the ban as a grave miscalculation.
- The UK government confirmed that the sanctions will focus specifically on illegal settlements and their expansion, ruling out wider measures against Israel.
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