Israel could face further sanctions over settler violence in the West Bank, David Lammy has suggested.
The Foreign Secretary told a fringe event at Labour’s conference in Liverpool he was “deeply” concerned by “escalatory behaviour” in the region.
“I’m deeply, deeply worried by the growing violence and settler violence that we see in the West Bank,” Mr Lammy said.
“I’m in discussions with G7 partners, particularly European partners on that. I’m not announcing further sanctions today, but that is kept under close review.”
Mr Lammy’s comments are the latest in a series of warnings of further sanctions in response to the expansion of settlements and increase in violence in the occupied West Bank since last October.
Last week, Dame Barbara Woodward, the UK permanent representative to the United Nations (UN), described it as a “deteriorating situation” which “undermines prospects for peace”.