Arabic version: نائب بريطاني يتساءل عن شرعية حدث العقارات الإسرائيلي في لندن

Ellie Chowns, a British Member of Parliament with the Green Party, raised a question regarding Israeli real estate events taking place in London over the weekend, which market and sell properties in illegal West Bank settlements. Chowns expressed concern about the UK government’s lack of action regarding this issue, stating, “How is it that this government fails even to prevent the marketing of illegal property in this country, and still fails to take action?”

According to Middle East Eye, she emphasized the UK’s particular responsibility in the matter and urged the government to consider banning trade with illegal settlements in the future.

In response, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper affirmed that the government has made it clear that not only should no businesses be engaging in trade or in marketing around the illegal settlements, they certainly should not be doing so on UK soil.