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Labour MP Richard Burgon has tabled a motion in the UK Parliament calling for broad sanctions against Israel over its actions in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon.
According to Burgoni, the motion has already garnered 75 signatures from various MPs. Among those who have supported it are SNP foreign affairs spokesman Brendan O'Hara, former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and the only MP of Palestinian origin, Layla Moran.
The motion condemns the annexation of Palestinian territories in the West Bank and calls for concrete measures such as an arms embargo, a ban on trade with Israeli settlements, economic sanctions and individual sanctions against Israeli officials. Burgon has called for the motion to gain even more support in the coming weeks.
????BREAKING: 75 MPs now back my Parliamentary motion for widespread sanctions on Israel.
— Richard Burgon MP (@RichardBurgon) April 17, 2026
As well as genocide in Gaza and war crimes in Lebanon, Israel is deepening its occupation of the West Bank.
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“That this Chamber notes the approval by the Israeli Government on 15 February of a plan to register land in the Occupied Palestinian Territory of the West Bank as Israeli state property; strongly condemns this illegal plan to occupy even more Palestinian land; further notes the statement supported by 85 UN Member States, including the United Kingdom, opposing this de facto annexation of the West Bank as a violation of international law; recalls the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice of July 2024, which ruled that Israel’s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is illegal and must end as soon as possible, and that any new settlement activity must cease; also notes that the Court made it clear that all States, including the United Kingdom,
not only should they recognise this situation as illegal, but should refrain from any aid or assistance that maintains it and should take steps to prevent economic or commercial activity that reinforces it; notes that the Government rightly imposed broad sanctions on Russia for its illegal war in Ukraine, but has failed to do so in light of Israel’s reported war crimes and repeated violations of international law; and calls on the Government to fulfil its legal obligations following the ICJ Opinion by banning trade and investment in goods and services with the illegal Israeli settlements, imposing targeted sanctions including travel bans and asset freezes on all individuals and entities complicit in Israel’s occupation, suspending the UK-Israel trade agreement until Israel complies with international law, and imposing an arms embargo on Israel,” Burgon’s motion states.
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