# UK sanctions West Bank settlements, prompting furious Israeli response

https://mins.news/en/item/50176

- BBC News, 2026-09-08 17:48 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g7zen0vveo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> The UK has announced sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including a ban on settlement goods and measures against businesses and individuals supporting expansion. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband accused settler terrorists of carrying out the “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians. Israel called the claim an “outrageous lie”, closed the UK consulate in East Jerusalem and barred 11 British MPs from entering the country.

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