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UK sanctions on Israeli settlements in West Bank to take up to nine months to come into force – UK politics live (www.theguardian.com)
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Over 70,000 people have been killed, at least 20,000 of them children.

The vast majority of the population is now displaced. Nearly 2 million people, who are now penned into just one third of the territory. Life-saving humanitarian aid and access has been routinely blocked. Hospitals and clinics have been destroyed. Over 60% of homes are in ruins …

International humanitarian law imposes clear rules for states fighting wars, including to ensure access to food and medical supplies to avoid mass displacement of civilians, and to avoid the targeting of civilians.

Serious and international violations of this law, if proven, amount to war crimes.

What has occurred, including the actions of the IDF, have been examined in depth by a number of organisations, including the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry.

The conclusions of these reports represent increasing evidence that war crimes appear to have been committed, and we support legal processes to determine this.

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UK politics live: In a statement to MPs, Ed Miliband, the new foreign secretary, will announce that Britain is banning trade with illegal Israeli settlements on the West Bank... (Guardian, 2026-09-08) (www.theguardian.com)
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Trade ban for illegal West Bank settlements could increase chance of British Jews being attacked, Labour MP warns (09.08 BST)

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/sep/08/uk-us-trade-israel-sanctions-labour-ed-miliband-farage-latest-news-updates#block-6a9fc0b88f08851de75c17a0

>> A Labour MP [Peter Prinsley, vice chair of Labour Friends of Israel] has warned that the proposed ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements on the West Bank could increase the risk to British Jews.

>> “… I think we need to wait for the result of the Israeli election, and then we need to have another think…”

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UK plan to sanction illegal Israeli settlements draws criticism from US, Israel and British MPs (www.theguardian.com)
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I share this only to share this brilliant quote:

Isaac Herzog, the Israeli president, has said that Britain will be “on the wrong side of history” if it goes ahead with plans to ban trade with the illegal settlements on the West Bank.

A genocide inciter and collaborator telling you you are on the wrong side of history is really wild. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/04/isaac-herzog-israel-president-australia-visit-controversy-ntwnfb

In late 2023, Herzog was pictured signing an Israeli artillery shell being prepared to be dropped on Gaza, writing in Hebrew on the munition: “I rely on you.”

Last September, Herzog was named by the United Nations commission of inquiry on the occupied Palestinian territory as having incited genocide against the Palestine people in Israel’s prosecution of its war in Gaza.

“It’s an entire nation out there that is responsible,” Herzog said. “It is not true, this rhetoric about civilians who were not aware and not involved. It is absolutely not true.”