{
  "id": 9784078,
  "title": "British lawyers to push Labour for more sanctions on Israel at party conference",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/british-lawyers-to-push-labour-for-more-sanctions-on-israel-at-party",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-25T15:12:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National Business",
    "slug": "the-national-business",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/uk/2026/09/25/british-lawyers-to-push-labour-for-more-sanctions-on-israel-at-party-conference/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Lawyers and legal experts will urge Labour to implement stricter sanctions against Israel during the party's upcoming conference. While new sanctions targeting illegal Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories have been welcomed, experts argue that trade with Israel should also be restricted. Tayab Ali, founder of the International Centre for Justice for Palestinians, warned that current measures only address symptoms and not the root cause of the occupation. He will discuss how Labour can turn its commitments on Palestine into action at an event organized by the Labour Muslim Network. The Labour party faces pressure to hold Israel accountable for the April 2024 drone attack that killed three British ex-servicemen, as well as to widen the inquest's scope to include the Israeli military and the soldier allegedly responsible. Lawyers have signed an open letter demanding the government align its sanctions regime with the International Court of Justice's 2024 advisory opinion. The letter emphasizes that obligations attached to the occupation as a whole, not just illegal settlements, necessitate more extensive sanctions. UK's Middle East Minister Stephen Doughty and MP Emily Thornberry will address the conference, discussing the new sanctions policy and its perceived shortcomings. The UK led a 12-country trade ban on illegal settlements, with Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband describing Israeli settlers' actions in the West Bank as ethnic cleansing. While Miliband supports trade with \"green line\" Israel, he opposes the BDS movement, stating that supporting the two-state solution requires trade with Israel. A protest outside the Labour conference in Liverpool is planned to defy the ban on Palestine Action, which was designated a terrorist organization after members damaged two planes and targeted companies linked to an Israeli arms manufacturer.",
  "summary": "British lawyers and legal experts will call on Labour to go further with its Palestine policy and increase sanctions on Israel at the party's annual conference, which starts on Sunday. New sanctions targeting illegal Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories have been welcomed by campaigners. But legal experts say that trade with Israel also needs to be banned or restricted to end the…",
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        "title": "British lawyers to push Labour for more sanctions on Israel at party conference",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/british-lawyers-to-push-labour-for-more-sanctions-on-israel-at-party-9784098",
        "published": "2026-09-25T15:12:46.000Z"
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  "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."
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