Britain will set out a “comprehensive” package of measures over Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank in the coming weeks, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband told MPs on Tuesday.
Miliband said Israel’s planned E1 settlement project would cut across land that Palestinians want for a future state and could make a two-state solution unworkable.
“This government will not acquiesce in the destruction of the two-state solution,” Miliband said, adding that the government would announce a “comprehensive” set of measures in the coming weeks.
Britain, along with several other European countries, has criticised Israel’s plans for E1, an area of land east of Jerusalem that Palestinians say is vital to maintaining a geographically connected future state.
According to the United Nations, E1 is an area of the occupied West Bank east of Jerusalem where Israel is advancing plans for thousands of settlement units.
The UN says the development could sever East Jerusalem from the rest of the West Bank and disrupt its territorial continuity, making the establishment of a viable Palestinian state more difficult.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham said before taking office that his government was considering measures to ban trade in goods from Israeli settlements deemed illegal under international law.
The Times reported on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration was closely monitoring any plans by Britain to introduce such a trade ban.
Israel disputes the view that its settlements are illegal, while most countries regard them as contrary to international law.
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One person was killed and nearly a dozen hurt in a fresh attack on Riyadh's international airport on Sunday, Saudi authorities reported, a day after a strike claimed by Yemen's Houthis killed 13 people and wounded more than 300.
Yemen's Houthis renewed warning to airlines, airport workers, and travellers against using Saudi airports, saying the warning should be taken seriously and that the kingdom “bore responsibility for failed interceptions”, a day after an attack on Riyadh's international airport that killed 12 people.
The Houthi movement has escalated their attacks on Saudi Arabia, targeting the airport in Riyadh and other cities, killing more than a dozen people.
The Kremlin on Monday rejected a 60-day ceasefire idea proposed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to allow his country to hold presidential elections, saying it wanted an overall peace deal instead.
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said late Monday that it intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthi group toward Khamis Mushait in southwestern Saudi Arabia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia hit at least six energy targets in deadly strikes across Ukraine, showing Moscow is unwilling to accept the energy ceasefire announced by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Climate activist Greta Thunberg joined high school students protesting outside a school in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis on Tuesday, as a wave of student demonstrations continues across France.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has visited a newly opened defence museum displaying weapons developed under his leadership, including an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the United States.
Southeast Asian foreign ministers are set to discuss measures to tackle transboundary haze during preparatory meetings ahead of the ASEAN summit in November, as forest and land fires in Indonesia continue to affect air quality across the region, the Philippines said on Tuesday.
Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said the United Kingdom believes Iran was likely behind an alleged plot connected to RAF Fairford, a military airbase in Gloucestershire in England that has played a role in U.S. operations against Iran, escalating tensions between London and Tehran.
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