Where is Israel's proposed West Bank settlement the UK opposes?

Where is Israel's proposed West Bank settlement the UK opposes?

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Where is Israel's proposed West Bank settlement the UK opposes?

Where is Israel's proposed West Bank settlement the UK opposes?

Article outline

  1. What happened
  2. The details
  3. What comes next
  4. The bottom line

Key points

  • The BBC's Middle East correspondent Lucy Williamson reports from Ma'ale Adumim – an existing Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, overlooking Israel's proposed E1 site.
  • Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar responded to the move by saying that Israel will close the British consulate in Jerusalem and called the UK administration "hostile".
  • Israel has opened up tenders for the construction of some 1, 200 settlement homes at the proposed site.
  • Miliband remarked he would ban the import of goods from Israel's "illegal settlements" in the West Bank.
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In practice, the BBC's Middle East correspondent Lucy Williamson reports from Ma'ale Adumim – an existing Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, overlooking Israel's proposed E1 site.

UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, speaking to Parliament on Tuesday, confirmed sanctions on Israeli settlements in the West Bank "to deter settlement expansion" and "prevent the development of E1".

Miliband remarked he would ban the import of goods from Israel's "illegal settlements" in the West Bank. He additionally stated "ethnic cleansing" was being carried out by "settler terrorists" and accused the Israeli administration of turning a "blind eye".

Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar responded to the move by saying that Israel will close the British consulate in Jerusalem and called the UK administration "hostile". You are now after West Bank.

Updates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage. You are now after Israel.

In short, where is Israel' s proposed West Bank settlement the UK opposes? Is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.

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