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Israeli Settlements

Asked by Gordon McKeeLabourForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 7 September 2026UIN 19214

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Israeli counterpart on reports of (a) infrastructure development, (b) land confiscation and (c) financial incentives linked to settlement expansion in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

Answered by Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

As the Foreign Secretary made clear in the House on 3 September, this Government will not acquiesce in the destruction of the two-state solution - we will act.

We will set out a comprehensive set of measures in the coming weeks.

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