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SNP MP calls out Labour 'pretending to follow international law on Israel'

UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has been accused of giving Israel 'carte blanche' despite also calling its settlement of Palestinian land illegal (Image: Leon Neal/PA Wire)

THE Labour Government is “pretending” to abide by international law in its dealings with Israel, an SNP MP had said in a letter to the Foreign Secretary.

Lara Bird, who was elected to represent Arbroath and Broughty Ferry last month, raised concerns that the UK had failed to ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements despite a ruling from the UN’s highest judicial body, the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

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