West Bank & Jerusalem
UK to sanction Israeli settlements in Golan Heights and East Jerusalem
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Britain will impose sanctions targeting Israeli settlements in Syria's occupied Golan Heights and East Jerusalem, Middle East Eye reported, citing UK government sources. The measures mark an expansion of the government's sanctions framework to cover settlements across multiple occupied territories beyond those previously targeted.
The new sanctions follow decades of international dispute over Israeli settlement construction in territory captured during the 1967 war. East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights remain internationally unrecognized as part of Israel, with most countries treating them as occupied Palestinian and Syrian land respectively. The UK move signals a shift in British policy toward settlements that the international community has long considered obstacles to peace.
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