UK reasserts support for Palestinian rights and a two-state solution, describing Israeli settler terror attacks as perpetrating ethnic cleansing in West BankUK to adopt tougher stance on Israel with illegal settlements t…

UK reasserts support for Palestinian rights and a two-state solution, describing Israeli settler terror attacks as perpetrating ethnic cleansing in West BankUK to adopt tougher stance on Israel with illegal settlements trade banThe Liberal Democrats say they have been granted a Commons urgent question today about the latest Argentinian threats to the Falkland Islands. A Foreign Office minister will be responding at about 12.30pm.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.Later today, we expect to see headlines announcing certain British trade sanctions on Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria.If this happens – and other nations may join – I believe it will prove to be a grave miscalculation, a decision that will fall on the wrong side of history. Continue reading…

Source: The Guardian – World