UK politics live: In a statement to MPs, Ed Miliband, the new foreign secretary, will announce that Britain is banning trade with illegal Israeli settlements on the West Bank... (Guardian, 2026-09-08)

Trade ban for illegal West Bank settlements could increase chance of British Jews being attacked, Labour MP warns (09.08 BST)

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/sep/08/uk-us-trade-israel-sanctions-labour-ed-miliband-farage-latest-news-updates#block-6a9fc0b88f08851de75c17a0

>> A Labour MP [Peter Prinsley, vice chair of Labour Friends of Israel] has warned that the proposed ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements on the West Bank could increase the risk to British Jews.

>> "... I think we need to wait for the result of the Israeli election, and then we need to have another think..."

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Press release: Joint Foreign Ministers' Statement on the Two-State Solution (Gov.UK, 2026-09-08)

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/joint-foreign-ministers-statement-on-the-two-state-solution
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>> Today, #Canada, #Denmark, #Finland, #France, #Iceland, #Ireland, #Norway, #Poland, #Portugal, #Spain, #Sweden and the #UK confirm their intention to introduce national and/or support European restrictions on trade in goods with settlements [in #WestBank] which are illegal under international law, or that they are actively considering these and other measures, in accordance with their national procedures. In this regard, the UK, France and Canada welcome the important action already taken by Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands, Norway and Belgium and will bring forward national measures to ban trade in settlement goods…

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“The UK authorities already have to differentiate between settlement goods and Israeli goods …” (Emma Graham-Harrison, updated 20.35 CEST)

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/sep/08/uk-us-trade-israel-sanctions-labour-ed-miliband-farage-latest-news-updates#block-6aa04a638f08a7ec8f75d1cb

>> Critics of the trade ban have claimed UK authorities will struggle to differentiate between settlement goods and other Israeli goods. But UK customs authorities* have been separating shipments for years. A long-standing free trade deal with Israel does not cover settlement goods, so they face higher tariffs than other Israeli imports.

*) “HMRC [= His Majesty's Revenue and Customs ] for the purposes of evaluating whether they allow preferential treatment or not, and also DEFRA [= The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs] for consumer labelling” (Jess Stober, Legal Director at the Global Echo Litigation Centre)

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