UK plan to sanction illegal Israeli settlements draws criticism from US, Israel and British MPs – UK politics live

UK to reassert support for Palestinian rights and a two-state solution in move drawing widespread criticismUK to adopt tougher stance on Israel with illegal settlements trade banIsraeli ministers have reacted with fury to the news that the UK government is going to ban trade with the illegal settlements on the West Bank. And they are threatening retaliation.Gideon Saar, the foreign minister, said:If Britain acts against Israel, Israel will act against Britain.It’s time for the State of Israel to publicly recognize that the Malvinas Islands are Argentine territory under occupation, which the British violently steal from the Argentine people. The British are not content with merely occupying the territory; they also carry out oil drilling there and steal the money from the Argentine people.I call upon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to recognize Argentina’s sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands and to impose sanctions on Great Britain as long as the occupation continues.Expel the British ambassador tonight!We will not be a doormat trampled by an antisemitic government, in a country conquered by radical Islam, trying to save itself from economic and social decline by attacking Jews and the State of Israel. Continue reading...