Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s government is expected to ban trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank on Tuesday as he seeks to adopt a stronger policy on an issue that’s important to his governing Labour Party but may anger U.S. A new sanctions regime targeting Israel, but limited to Jewish settlements in the West Bank, will be announced by Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, according to people familiar with the matter. Burnham and Trump spoke by phone Monday, according to a readout from 10 Downing Street, which said the two leaders discussed a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinian territories.
That suggests Burnham used the call to notify Trump that the sanctions on Israel were coming.
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