# ‘Rhetoric differs’: How the UK’s relationship with Israel took a downturn

https://mins.news/en/item/48673

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-07 16:38 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/7/uk-relationship-with-israel?traffic_source=rss

> The UK is expected to announce trade restrictions on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, which analysts describe as another sign of worsening UK-Israeli relations. Britain still maintains diplomatic ties and supplies F-35 parts, but it has suspended some arms-export licences and increasingly condemned the conduct of Israel’s military and settlers. The government says it will set out wider measures in the coming weeks.

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