🚨 NEW: The leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will meet tomorrow to sign a joint declaration for all three countries to gain independence from the UK
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It’s never been clearer: illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian land are a significant obstacle to peace.
There can be no two-state solution if there is no viable state left to call Palestine.
That’s why the UK Government is right to take strong action and impose a ban on trade in goods from these settlements.
With plans for more illegal settlements - and settlers currently inflicting terrible violence against Palestinians on a daily basis with impunity - it’s heartening to see the international community joining the UK in taking a stand and applying more pressure on Israel to recognise and respect the rights of Palestinians.
🚨 BREAKING: The list of British MPs that Israel has just banned from visiting the country
1. Jeremy Corbyn
2. Zarah Sultana
3. Naz Shah
4. Diane Abbott
5. Hannah Spencer
6. Carla Denyer
7. Sian Berry
8. Ellie Chowns
9. John McDonnell
10. Richard Burgon
11. Adrian Ramsay
Sanctions on illegal settlements are welcome, but not enough.
Britain must end all arms sales, all military cooperation, and all forms of support that sustain Israel’s system of apartheid, occupation and genocide.
BREAKING: Twelve countries issued a joint statement announcing national bans on trade in goods from illegal Israeli settlements:
🇫🇷 France
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
🇨🇦 Canada
🇩🇰 Denmark
🇪🇸 Spain
🇫🇮 Finland
🇮🇪 Ireland
🇮🇸 Iceland
🇳🇴 Norway
🇵🇱 Poland
🇵🇹 Portugal
🇸🇪 Sweden
Macron, UK PM Burnham, and Canadian PM Carney agreed the situation is deteriorating with "unprecedented" settler violence and settlement expansion, specifically calling the E1 project "inadmissible."
They salute measures already taken by Ireland, Spain, Netherlands, Norway, and Belgium.
The statement demands Israel immediately stop settlement expansion, hold violent settlers accountable, and investigate allegations against Israeli forces.
They "firmly oppose any action resulting in the annexation of Palestinian lands or forced displacement."
BIG: UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband:
The British government agrees that there is ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in areas of the West Bank perpetrated by settler terrorists.
And all too often, the Israeli government has turned a blind eye to this, and worse, members of it have made statements and taken actions to support the forced displacement of Palestinians.
Today marks a turning point in UK–Palestine relations — from recognition to action, from condemnation to consequence. This is my message following the historic announcement by the Rt Hon Ed Miliband in the British Parliament earlier today.