Jewish officials and organizations quickly denounced the British government for considering a trade ban on Israeli settlements. Upon close examination, their arguments against this policy make little sense and contradict their own stated positions
The U.K. government is examining a new policy banning trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. As expected, the very discussion of such a policy drew swift condemnations from Jewish establishment figures, both in Britain and the United States. Their criticism reveals a fundamental contradiction: Jewish officials and organizations who profess opposition to the ongoing expansion of the settlement enterprise, oppose with even greater vigor any attempts to slow it down.
