North Sea oil fields set to be reopened by Burnham would profit blacklisted Israeli company

North Sea oil fields set to be reopened by Burnham would profit blacklisted Israeli company Submitted by Fleur Hargreaves on Thu, 07/30/2026 - 00:32 Rosebank oil field stakeholder Ithaca is majority owned by Israeli firm Delek, named by the UN for supporting West Bank settlements A man holds a placard against the Rosebank oil field project in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland during a protest outside the Department For Energy Security And Net Zero in London on 22 July 2026 (Justin Tallis/AFP) Off Campaigners say reopening North Sea oil and gas fields in the UK would be in breach of international law over a stakeholder company’s links to illegal West Bank settlements. Reports suggest that new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is set to “move quickly” to green light more oil and gas drilling as one of his first moves since taking office last week, despite concerns some of the profits would flow to a company blacklisted by the UN. The two oil and gas fields in question are Rosebank, off Shetland in the North Atlantic, and Jackdaw in the North Sea coast of Scotland, which were approved by the previous Conservative government in 2022 and 2023, but then overturned in 2025 after a legal challenge.