Ban Israeli settlement goods from the UK

STOP PROFIT FROM HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES

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For decades, Israel has been forcing thousands of Palestinians off their land, occupying it and using it to create illegal settlements for Israeli settlers. Entire Palestinian communities have lost their homes due to these settlements, which continue to grow. We must act now.

Palestinians regularly face violent attacks by Israeli settlers. Recently, attacks against Palestinians in the village of Huwara in the occupied West Bank were reported globally. Settlers violently torched dozens of Palestinian cars, homes and orchards, killed one Palestinian and physically assaulted hundreds of others. Israeli authorities have long enabled and incited settler attacks against Palestinians - in some cases, soldiers have directly participated.

Right now, the UK is letting goods produced in settlements into our markets and allowing British companies to operate there. This legitimises the illegal settlements, which are all war crimes, and helps them expand and occupy more Palestinian land.

We want MPs to act now to stop the UK from enabling the economy that keeps these illegal settlements growing and fuels injustice against Palestinians.

Call on your MP to press for Israeli settlement goods to be banned from entering UK markets and help end the human rights violations endured by Palestinians living under the Israeli authorities’ racist system of apartheid.

With Parties currently drafting their manifestos for the next general election, we must ensure they hear our demands NOW.

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I’m getting in touch because I’m shocked to learn that the UK allows the importation of goods from illegal Israeli settlements. Will you write to your party leader urging them to commit to banning these goods? Settlements are illegal under international law, so allowing trade with them legitimises and facilitates an illegal activity, which is surely not something any UK party wants to be associated with.

The UN has said that Israeli settlements are a war crime, but the international community is doing nothing effective to stop Israel or hold it accountable. Settlement expansion involves forcing Palestinians off their land, destroying their homes and livelihoods, and underpins the discriminatory system restricting their movement and access to their water, land and other natural resources.

Amnesty International's comprehensive research and analysis has concluded that Israel is committing the crime against humanity of apartheid against Palestinians. They are not alone. Human Rights Watch, Israeli human rights organisations like B’Tselem and Yesh Din, Palestinian human rights organisations like Al Haq and Al Mezan, UN representatives and the government of South Africa all agree.

By allowing goods that the UK knows are produced in illegal settlements into our markets and onto our supermarket shelves, the government is legitimising a key feature of Israel’s crime of apartheid, and directly facilitating an enterprise that isn’t just illegal, it’s incredibly violent.

A few months ago, we saw hundreds of Palestinians injured and one killed by violent settlers. Amnesty, Human Rights Watch, Al Haq, B’Tselem and others all say Israeli authorities enable and incite settler attacks against Palestinians, and in some cases, soldiers have directly participated.

Israel MUST face concrete consequences for its repeated human rights violations if there is any hope for them to end. Will you write to your party leader calling for a stated policy to ban Israeli settlement goods?

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STOP PROFIT FROM HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES

For decades, Israel has been forcing thousands of Palestinians off their land, occupying it and using it to create illegal settlements for Israeli settlers. Entire Palestinian communities have lost their homes due to these settlements, which continue to grow. We must act now.

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