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Israeli Settlements

Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UIN HL4505, tabled on 10 January 2017

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they are giving to freezing the assets of, and imposing travel bans on, individuals responsible for undermining Palestinian territorial integrity in the Occupied Territories by expropriations and settlement expansions.

Answered on

24 January 2017

The Government has made its position clear. We are firmly opposed to sanctions or boycotts against Israel. Such moves would not support the progress we need towards resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office