{
  "id": 6284499,
  "title": "BDS co-founder criticises UK settlement trade ban as 'performative' and ineffective",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/bds-co-founder-criticises-uk-settlement-trade-ban-as-performative-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-08T13:58:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/bds-co-founder-criticises-uk-settlement-trade-ban-performative-and"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "BDS co-founder criticises UK settlement trade ban as 'performative' and ineffective Omar Barghouti, the co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement that aims to pressure Israel over its occupation of Palestinian land, has criticised the new restrictions introduced by the UK on settlement trade as \"performative\". \"The UK is going after a crime while continuing to be…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}