President Isaac Herzog on Tuesday warned the UK against its expected decision to impose trade sanctions on products from Yehuda and Shomron, slamming the move as election interference.
Speaking at an event marking 30 years of cooperation with the European Horizon research program, Herzog said: “Later today, we expect to see headlines announcing certain British trade sanctions on Israeli settlements in Yehuda and Shomron. If this happens – and other nations may join – I believe it will prove to be a grave miscalculation, a decision that will fall on the wrong side of history.”
“In the current context, it would be a gross interference in the democratic elections of a sovereign nation. And it will serve no one. It will directly harm – unfortunately – Palestinians, robbing them of business and employment. And, ultimately, it will undermine the interests and national security of freedom-loving nations.”
“Sanctions are not a solution. Dialogue is. I say to all foreign governments: Stop! Step away from the dead-end of sanctions and boycotts. And turn toward constructive dialogue and toward cooperation.”
Meanwhile, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee criticized the expected British announcement in an interview with BBC Radio on Tuesday, warning that there will be a US response and calling it “discrimination against the Israeli government and the Jewish people.”
“I think without a doubt there will be a response, including from individual states,” he said. “This could have a huge economic impact on British businesses.”
On Monday, Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich called for the UK ambassador to Israel to be expelled if the sanctions are imposed, saying that Israel will not be “a doormat for an antisemitic government.”
(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
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