The British government says it is suspending free trade negotiations with Israel and leveling new sanctions targeting West Bank settlers as it criticizes Israel’s military actions in Gaza.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/34958452

The U.K. suspended free trade talks with Israel on Tuesday and hit West Bank settlers with sanctions, less than a day after vowing “concrete actions” if Israel didn’t stop its new military offensive in Gaza.

  • BreadstickNinja@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    22 hours ago

    Well, just last week, UK government lawyers were claiming “no evidence of genocide in Gaza” while defending the sale of military equipment that may flow to Israel, so the UK certainly seems to be talking out both sides of its ass. Or arse, as the case may be.

    18 months of Israel’s indiscriminate slaughter of Palestinian civilians - mainly in Gaza but also increasingly in the West Bank by military forces and paramilitary “settlers” - and this looks like a pretty damn tepid response.

    Better than nothing. But not much better.