By The head of the foreign affairs select committee has urged the government to introduce a ban on goods from the occupied West Bank amid rising settler violence.
Emily Thornberry said a ban would help shore up the chance of a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine, PA reported.
She said it was at risk of being lost by actions from the Israeli government and settlers trying to force Palestinians off their own land in the West Bank.
Thornberry said that while she did not agree on a full ban on Israeli goods, she thought a ban on those from the West Bank would be part of a deterrent. She also said British money should not be funding settler expansion in the area.
The foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, rebuked Israel on Thursday after it published a tender for the construction of a settlement in the occupied West Bank. Miliband said was an “unacceptable act” which would “destroy” the two-state solution.
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