Settlements

July 17, 2026, 11:12 am

Why life for Britain’s Jews could well get worse under Andy Burnham

There is no scenario where the government promotes a more hardline anti-Israel stance which does not have a detrimental impact on the UK’s Jewish community

By Daniel Sugarman

Kaja Kallas, the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs, holds a press conference at the European Council building following a meeting of the foreign ministers of the EU member states in Brussels, July 13, 2026. (Michael Brandt/picture alliance via Getty Images via JTA)

July 14, 2026, 10:56 am

EU seeks to advance trade ban on Israeli settlements

Israel’s foreign minister accused the EU foreign policy chief of an 'obsessive campaign against Israel'

By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)

July 2, 2026, 4:21 pm

Labour minister rebukes Corbyn over his claims about Israel Commons exchange

Hamish Falconer MP tells the Islington North MP his account ' omits the context in which the exchange took place'

By Lee Harpin

An Israeli settlement overlooks the West Bank landscape. Photo: Wikipedia

June 11, 2026, 1:02 pm

Charity Commission meeting not limited to West Bank settlement concerns, says Labour peer

Lord Polak questions whether 'Jewish charities' being singled out on links to 'disputed' West Bank areas

By Lee Harpin

June 10, 2026, 1:38 pm

Starmer: UK charities must not fund illegal West Bank settlements

At PMQs MP Melanie Ward alleges 32 UK charities 'funnel millions' to illegal settlements - Charity Commission 'carefully considering serious matter'

By Lee Harpin

April 1, 2026, 5:33 pm

Are we being misled about settler violence?

A diaspora call to curb “extremism” ignores context, competing narratives and decades of violence shaping life in the West Bank

By Jan Shure

Nablus. 26th Mar, 2026. Jewish settlers are establishing a pastoral outpost at the site where Jewish settler Yehuda Shmuel Sherman was killed in Palestinian agricultural fields in the village of Beit Imrin, north of Nablus in the West Bank. Credit: SOPA Images Limited/Alamy Live News

March 30, 2026, 1:25 pm

Some settlers have become full-fledged terrorists. Their acts are anti-Jewish

Surging attacks and state inaction threaten Israel’s moral core, raising urgent calls for political and societal change

By Fania Oz-Salzberger

A settler walks past Israeli settlement construction sites around Givat Zeev and Ramat Givat Zeev in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, near Jerusalem June 30, 2020. REUTERS/Ammar Awad TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

March 3, 2026, 1:57 pm

West Bank settlement expansion is threatening viability of Palestinian state, warns Jewish Labour MP

Peter Prinsley MP said the Israel population did not support continued expansion and settler violence

By Lee Harpin

Israeli military vehicles in the West Bank.

February 10, 2026, 10:14 am

White House and UK raise concerns about Israel’s plan to increase control over West Bank

UK calls on Israel to 'reverse these decisions immediately'

By Lee Harpin

A view shows Jordan Valley near the West Bank city of Jericho in the Israeli-occupied West Bank June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

December 22, 2025, 2:28 pm

UK condemns Israel’s approval of 19 new West Bank settlements

'We are stopping the establishment of a Palestinian terrorist state on the ground,' said Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich

By Lee Harpin

October 27, 2025, 10:00 am

READ IN FULL: Sir Mick Davis’s speech on the diaspora and Israel’s future

Former JLC Chair: 'We can carry on shuffling to the edge of the cliff in silence. Or we can speak plainly, act bravely, and demand a better path for our people'

By Sir Mick Davis

Mike Tapp MP (©House of Commons/Laurie Noble)

August 5, 2025, 10:29 am

OPINION: Recognising a Palestinian state now will diminish Britain’s relevance

Mike Tapp MP argues that the Government's intended course is 'an easy, symbolic act which suggests there is some way to short circuit the hard graft of direct negotiations'

By Mike Tapp

View of the unauthorised outpost of Homesh in the West Bank

May 29, 2025, 2:27 pm

Israeli government approves construction of 22 West Bank settlements

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz described the plan as "a strategic step to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state that would endanger Israel."

By Daniel Sugarman

January 8, 2024, 4:45 pm

Former cabinet minister calls for West Bank settlement trade ban

Ex-Education Secretary Kit Malthouse calls for 'immediate bans on trade with settlements' to curb violence in West Bank

By Lee Harpin

June 29, 2023, 11:03 am

MPs told only goods originating from within Israel covered by a new free trade agreement

UK trade minister Nigel Huddleston tells MPs; 'The UK position on settlements is clear, they are illegal under international law'

By Lee Harpin

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