“If this weekend, there were a great Russian real estate event… quite rightly, without hesitation, the government would move to ban such an event.”Several Members of the UK Parliament have called on governmental institutions to ban the “Great Israeli Real Estate Event” set to take place in London on 14 June.Over 130 Labour Party members–nearly a third of the party–signed a letter calling for a severing of trade ties between the United Kingdom and Israel in entirety, in accordance with international law.“There is an urgent need for accountability and concrete consequences in response to Israel’s violations against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, which are spiralling by the day,” said the letter. “We believe ending trade with settlements is a vital next step.”View all 1,040 comments
