MPs send out letter as Israeli government seeks bids for construction of large E 1 settlement in West Bank British banks and financial institutions are receiving written warnings from MPs that they should not invest in Israel’s E 1 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. Continue reading...