Settlements

Dutch ban on Israeli settlement goods comes into force with six-year jail term for violations

Israeli ambassador to the Netherlands said the ban would result in unintended negative consequences for Palestinians as well as settlers

By Daniel Ben-David

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A Palestinian worker sorts plastic crates at Qitaf company in the Jordan Valley village of Jiftlik in the West Bank, February 9, 2020 (Getty Images)

A menorah displayed at the Gush Katif Museum in Jerusalem. It previously graced the synagogue in Netzarim, the last Gush Katif town to be evacuated during Israel's 2005 disengagement from the Gaza Strip (Photo: Gush Katif Museum)

Settlements

Gush Katif exhibition revisits Israel’s divisive 2005 Gaza withdrawal

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

Union Jack and Israeli flag seen on Kikar Plumer street in Tel Aviv (Image: Getty Images)

By Len Judes

Britain and Israel must lower the temperature as our shared interests far outweigh today’s dispute

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Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband arrives for a cabinet meeting at Downing Street on September 08, 2026 (Getty Images)

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Miliband admits it is ‘not definite’ sanctions on West Bank settlements will work

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Palestinian workers take a coffee break at an Israeli plastic factory at the Barkan Industrial Park near the West Bank settlement of Ariel. (Image: Getty Images)

By Sharren Haskel

Britain may target Israeli settlements – but Palestinians will pay the price

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Farage hints at reversing Labour’s Israel sanctions

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Prime Minister Andy Burnham during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons. (Image: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire).

By Richard Tice

Labour and the Greens are engaged in an anti-Israel ‘race to the bottom’

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Government faces questions on whether it ignored official advice on settlement sanctions

Three sources, including a former Conservative minister said that official advice was that such measures were ‘unworkable’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

September 10, 2026 10:53

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband leaves the Millbank Studios in Westminster after appearing on the morning media rounds. (Credit: PA)

Rubio refuses to condemn UK settlement sanctions, says US ‘shares goal of stability’ in West Bank

Qatar and Turkey have welcomed the measures announced by Foreign Secretary Ed Milband on Tuesday

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

September 9, 2026 11:27

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio leaves a meeting with Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella in Barranquilla, Colombia, on September 8, 2026. (Getty Images)

By The JC Leader

Labour’s dangerous turn on Israel and our shared resolve

The misguided sanctions and Miliband’s inflammatory rhetoric damage bilateral relations and risk fuelling anti-Jewish sentiment at home. Yet this Rosh Hashanah, as always, we will gather with seriousness and joy and face the challenges ahead together

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September 9, 2026 09:40

Ed Miliband in the House of Commons on September 8, 2026 (ParliamentTV)

What anti-Israel sanctions has Ed Miliband announced?

Foreign secretary went further than any of his predecessors in using strongly critical terms as he outlined measures targeting settlements

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

September 8, 2026 17:32

Foreign secretary Ed Miliband (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

‘A dark day for British Jews’: Chief Rabbi condemns UK sanctions on West Bank settlements

The JLC claimed the measures ‘does nothing to advance peace, risks harming Jewish life in Britain, and damages the UK's relationship with a vital ally’

By Jacob Jaffa

3 min read

September 8, 2026 17:02

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis speaks during the 'Britain Stands With British Jews' rally at Downing Street, May 10, 2026 (Credit: Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images)

By Alex Hearn

Miliband’s repetition of anonymous Gaza ‘stories’ as fact is no small lapse. It’s the whole problem

This conflict has produced more disinformation than any in living memory – and Jews bear the brunt of the resulting rage

3 min read

September 8, 2026 16:56

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband departs after attending a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London on September 8, 2026 (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP via Getty Images)

Israel to close British consulate in Jerusalem and ban Corbyn and Green MPs in response to Miliband settlement sanctions

All elected members of Zack Polanski’s party, as well as the former Labour leader and an anti-Israel lawyer, will be barred from entering the Jewish State

By JC Reporter

5 min read

September 8, 2026 15:57

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP via Getty Images)

Miliband accuses Israel of turning a blind eye to ‘ethnic cleansing’ as he introduces trade ban on settlement goods

The foreign secretary claimed war crimes ‘appear to have been committed’ in Gaza and confirmed that the government now recognised the ‘occupation’ of the Palestinian Territories as ‘unlawful’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

4 min read

September 8, 2026 13:44

Former MI6 chief: Labour’s sanctions amount to virtue signalling that could harm UK-Israel security relationship

Sir Richard Dearlove was scathing of the planned announcement so close to Israel’s election

By Lorin Bell-Cross

1 min read

September 8, 2026 13:34

Former head of MI6 Sir Richard Dearlove (Image: Getty).

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Settlements

Dutch ban on Israeli settlement goods comes into force with six-year jail term for violations

Gush Katif exhibition revisits Israel’s divisive 2005 Gaza withdrawal

Britain and Israel must lower the temperature as our shared interests far outweigh today’s dispute

Miliband admits it is ‘not definite’ sanctions on West Bank settlements will work

Britain may target Israeli settlements – but Palestinians will pay the price

Farage hints at reversing Labour’s Israel sanctions

Labour and the Greens are engaged in an anti-Israel ‘race to the bottom’

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