sanctions

Ma'ale Adumim settlement in the occupied West Bank

October 16, 2026, 12:49 pm

UK significantly expands sanction powers allowing action against companies supporting West Bank settlements

New Global Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Sanctions Regulations 2026 were laid before Parliament this week

By Lee Harpin

September 29, 2026, 1:43 pm

Passengers from Tel Aviv ‘singled out’ at Luton Airport for extra security checks

Wizz Air travellers allege they were subject to additional searches on arrival

By Michelle Rosenberg

September 28, 2026, 12:12 pm

Dutch authorities force El Al passengers through customs check for West Bank products

Israel warns travellers to Netherlands of ‘long, invasive’ checks under new settlement-goods ban effective from 22 September

By Michelle Rosenberg

Andy Burnham and Donald Trump at press conference in New York

September 22, 2026, 6:34 pm

Burnham strongly defends sanctions on Israel over settlements at press conference with Trump

President says Burnham 'very strong' in his condemnation of antisemitism

By Lee Harpin

September 18, 2026, 4:23 pm

Jewish newspaper condemned after accusing leading Progressive rabbis of ‘betrayal’

The Jewish Weekly took aim at Rabbis Charley Baginsky and Josh Levy - having last week vehemently criticised the Board of Deputies and its President, Phil Rosenberg

By Daniel Sugarman

View of the unauthorised outpost of Homesh in the West Bank

September 18, 2026, 3:18 pm

Why sanctions on the West Bank are the wake-up call Israel needs

What is being undertaken under the tutelage of this extremist Israeli Government led by Netanyahu is in direct opposition to Israel’s interests as a democratic and Jewish State.

By Richard Miron

A life-size cat figure in the garden of Huttenstrasse 9, Zurich, where Erwin Schrödinger lived from 1921 to 1926. Depending on the light conditions, the figure appears to be either a live cat or a dead one.

September 11, 2026, 11:16 am

The Jewish Schrödinger’s shofar

When does hearing become listening? A Rosh Hashanah lesson in intention offers a way to understand the Government’s West Bank sanctions.

By Rabbi Shulamit Ambalu

Rabbi Charley Baginsky and Rabbi Josh Levy, co-leads of Progressive Judaism meet with Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband

September 10, 2026, 4:00 pm

Settlements sanctions ‘clumsy tool but not same as an attack on Jews’, says Progressive Judaism

Co-leaders Rabbi Josh Levy and Rabbi Charley Baginsky claim ''No single response can speak for British Jews' as left-wing group Yachad welcomes 'important and necessary' government move

By JN Reporter

Nigel Farage speaks at Reform Jewish Alliance launch

September 10, 2026, 2:23 pm

Farage tells Israeli Foreign Minister Reform UK would ‘undo damage caused by Labour’

Gideon Sa'ar and Nigel Farage spoke in the wake of the government's decision to sanction West Bank settlements

By JN Reporter

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

September 10, 2026, 12:46 pm

Former Israeli PM and ex-IDF chief of staff back UK sanctions on West Bank settlers involved in ‘Jewish terror’

Ex-PM Ehud Olmert and former IDF Chief of Staff Dan Halutz describe violence against Palestinians as 'an effort at ethnic cleansing'

By Lee Harpin

Ed Miliband answers questions in the House of Commons as Foreign Secretary

September 9, 2026, 11:19 am

Performative and self-defeating outrage won’t create a Palestinian state

'Misrepresentations and outright lies' from our foreign secretary: the UK has become a hostile state that is actively trying to turn Israel into a pariah

By Jeremy Havardi

September 9, 2026, 10:35 am

Britain stands by its values, Andy Burnham says after West Bank sanctions

UK has accused the Israeli government of turning a blind eye to the 'ethnic cleansing' of Palestinians.

By JN Reporter

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis Alistair Grant/PA Wire

September 8, 2026, 5:31 pm

‘A dark day for Britain’s Jews’: Chief Rabbi Mirvis responds to West Bank sanctions

'These sanctions do nothing to advance the cause of peace. Nor do they make anyone safer – quite the contrary'

By JN Reporter

September 7, 2026, 11:48 pm

Miliband sanctions plan against Israeli settlements to be announced Tuesday

New measures will target agricultural goods imported from West Bank settlements, but will stop short of hitting all service industries

By Lee Harpin

Gideon Sa'ar casting his vote in October

September 2, 2026, 9:16 am

Israel again warns of retaliation if UK imposes sanctions over West Bank settlements

Gideon Sa'ar claims UK 'making big mistake'

By Lee Harpin

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