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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

British banks warned not to invest in planned Israeli settlement before UK trade ban begins

Arid land with trees and a hilltop settlement in distance.
The Israeli government wants to build 3,400 houses in the E1 zone near the Ma’ale Adumim settlement in the occupied West Bank. Photograph: Ohad Zwigenberg/AP

British banks and financial institutions are receiving written warnings from MPs that they should not invest in Israel’s E1 settlement project even though new UK laws banning trade with illegal settlements are unlikely to be in place for months.

A letter was sent to banks on Tuesday by the all-party Britain-Palestine group of MPs saying the onus was now on banks to review their obligations not to cooperate with new settlements.

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