The Israeli government will close the UK’s consulate in East Jerusalem in reaction to the UK sanctioning goods produced in the occupied West Bank, Israel’s foreign minister has announced.
Earlier, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced that the UK would introduce "an import ban on goods from illegal settlements in the occupied territories."
He declared the government "agrees that there is ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in areas of the West Bank – perpetrated by settler terrorists" and said the Israeli government too often "turned a blind eye".
Miliband also announced that the UK government will "take action against specific companies and individuals who provide services such as construction, infrastructure, financing, or real estate for settlement expansion".
On the show:
– Dame Emily Thornberry, Labour MP and Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee,
– Phil Rosenberg, President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews
– Lord Mark Sedwill, Crossbench Peer and former National Security Adviser
– Baroness Thangam Debbonaire, Labour Peer
– Baroness Gabby Bertin, Conservative Peer
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00:00 Cathy’s monologue
04:32 Ed Miliband’s announcement
05:35 Israel’s response
06:49 Why Israel closed the UK consulate
10:45 Reaction from the Commons
14:02 President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews
20:36 Panel discuss UK sanctions
27:26 Dame Emily Thornberry
36:22 Should Burnham call an early election?
39:36 9/11 anniversary
40:42 Lord Sedwill on UK-Israel relations
43:10 Lord Sedwill’s 9/11 memories
47:07 Should UK spend more on defence?
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