UK MP urges government to ban goods produced in West Bank settlements

UK MP urges government to ban goods produced in West Bank settlements Submitted by MEE staff on Sat, 08/22/2026 - 04:01 Emily Thornberry said the level of settler violence is the 'worst we have ever seen' Thornberry said the Israeli government is doing its best to try to extinguish the hope of a Palestinian state. (AFP) Off Emily Thornberry, chair of the UK Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, has once again called on the British government to ban imports of goods produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. “A year ago, my committee said that we should stop allowing the sale of goods from the West Bank in Britain.