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We have suspended negotiations with this Israeli government on a new free trade agreement.”
In the Commons, Mr Lammy said
If Israel does not cease the renewed military offensive and lift its restrictions on humanitarian aid, we will take further concrete actions in response,
Britain, France and Canada warned in a joint statement
I find this deeply painful as a lifelong friend of Israel and a believer in the values expressed in its declaration of independence.”
Announcing sanctions on three individuals and four entities involved in West Bank settlements, he said
Even prior to today’s announcement, the free trade agreement negotiations were not being advanced at all by the current UK government,
Israel’s Foreign Ministry wrote
We have been reassured that our work will be facilitated through existing, proven mechanisms. I am grateful for that reassurance, and Israel’s agreement to humanitarian notification measures that reduce the immense security threats of the operation. I am determined that our aid reach those in greatest need, and that the risk of theft by Hamas or other armed groups is minimized,
Fletcher said in a statementMany of us in this chamber have been trying to spur the government into action over the past few months. We have tried anger and outrage and got nowhere, and we have tried shaming ministers into action and got nowhere, so maybe we need to beg. Do those on the Treasury bench need us to beg for the lives of those Palestinian children before they will trigger that concrete action, whatever it might be?”
Confronting Mr Lammy in the Commons, he saidWhile it will not have a direct impact on Israel’s behaviour on the ground, it widens the boundaries of discourse internationally and makes it easier for other governments to openly stand against Israeli atrocities,
he told Al Jazeera
Targeting whom? You need to impose sanctions on the state. It’s not about the prime minister. This is the entire government enterprise,
she told Al JazeeraYet, there is a tangible erosion of consensus at play internationally as to the perception of Israel, which taints Israel increasingly as a rogue actor,
Krieg saidIt will be difficult to build consensus in the future around the narrative that Israel is an ‘ally’ because it is ‘the only democracy in the Middle East’,
he told Al Jazeera
Since we do not see a clear improvement for the civilians in Gaza, we need to raise the tone further. We will therefore now also push for EU sanctions against individual Israeli ministers,
Stenergard said in a statementThey can point to the statement and say, you know, well, we did … stand up against it,
Hawari told Al Jazeera, addingI think there’s a sense that in liberal democracies, they can’t ultimately be indifferent to public concern about the situation … I think another factor is a perception among many countries that [US President Donald] Trump himself is getting impatient with the Netanyahu government,
he told Al JazeeraThe UK has taken some measures to suspend some arms exports. It’s not enough. It has got to be full and comprehensive,
he saidThey must absolutely support our efforts at the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice,
he saidThey have a history of having to struggle for their own political self-determination, and given that experience, they can empathise with the Palestinians who’ve been denied the right,
he saidKey to a change of behaviour in Israel, however, remains the United States,
he saidThere are reports coming out every day on how many weapons have been transferred from the UK to Israel over the course of the last 19 months,
she saidIf, due to anti-Israel obsession and political considerations, the British Government is willing to harm the British economy — that is its own prerogative,
Oren Marmorstein, a spokesman for the Israeli foreign ministry, said
We must call this what it is. It is extremism. It is dangerous. It is repellent. It is monstrous and I condemn it in the strongest possible terms.”
He said of Israel’s actions