UK announces sanctions on West Bank settlements prompting furious Israeli response
Britain's foreign secretary accuses settlers of carrying out the "ethnic cleansing" of Palestinians, as Israel responds by shutting the UK consulate in East Jerusalem.
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- UK Foreign Secretary condemns Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank
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- UK government bans goods from Israeli settlements in West Bank in stance toughening
- Canada, U.K., France to ban trade of goods from Israeli settlements in occupied West Bank
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