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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kate Devlin

Former Israeli prime minister backs UK’s sanctions on West Bank settlers

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert and ex-IDF chief of staff Dan Halutz have backed the UK government’s decision to ban imports from Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

In a statement they hit out at the Israeli government’s furious response, as they criticised “Jewish terrorists” and warned of acts of violence against Palestinians they said were “an effort at ethnic cleansing”.

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