Jerusalem deputy mayor pushes to rename King George street after UK sanctions on settlements
King submitted the request Wednesday morning to Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion, who also serves as chairman of the street naming committee.
Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Aryeh King has demanded that King George Street be renamed to "Tabur Haaretz," or "Navel of the Land," in response to British sanctions on settlements. The request was submitted to Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion, who chairs the street naming committee. King tied the initiative to the worsening British policy towards Israel in light of the British government's plan to impose sanctions on settlements in the West Bank.
These measures would ban imports of goods from settlements and grant British ministers authority to impose targeted sanctions on organizations, companies, and individuals involved in financing or supporting settlement activities.
The planned import ban will not take effect immediately, as legal and regulatory procedures are expected to take several months. British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband linked the move to settlement expansion and construction tenders in the E1 area, describing it as a "red line." However, the British move received broader international backing from 12 countries, including Canada, Denmark, France, and Spain, which announced they would impose national restrictions or support European restrictions on trade with settlements.
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