00:00The situation in Palestine is a moral emergency.
00:03What the Netanyahu government is doing in Gaza is a stain on the conscience of the world,
00:07and there is increasing evidence war crimes appear to have been committed.
00:10And we are witnessing unprecedented settler terrorism in the West Bank.
00:15The British government has come to the same conclusion as the former Prime Minister of Israel and others
00:19that there is ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in areas of the West Bank,
00:23perpetrated by settler terrorists.
00:25And too often the Israeli government has turned a blind eye to this.
00:28And worse, members of it have made statements and taken actions to support the forced displacement of Palestinians.
00:35We will not stand by.
00:37We are going to be stronger in standing up for what is right, and bolder in the action we take.
00:42Our North Star is our belief in the two-state solution,
00:45that both the Israeli and Palestinian people have a right to self-determination, freedom and security.
00:52Today we are calling out the occupation of Palestine as unlawful.
00:55We are banning the import of goods from illegal settlements.
00:59We are taking action on services to target those who finance, facilitate or construct new settlements.
01:06And we are banning advertising of settlement properties and land.
01:11We are taking action too on settler terrorism.
01:14The action we are taking today is against the government of Israel, not its people.
01:19I know the trauma that Hamas' terrorist atrocity of October 7th has caused for the people of Israel and Jews
01:27across the world.
01:28It was a murderous act by a murderous terrorist organization.
01:33Israel faces existential threats to its security, most severely from Iran.
01:38That's why we are today also announcing the re-imposition of major economic sanctions on Iran,
01:44as well as bearing down on its network of proxy groups like Hezbollah.
01:49I also know that so many members of the Jewish community live in fear in the face of rising anti
01:54-Semitism here in the UK.
01:57Anti-Semitism is a scourge and an evil, and we will do more to tackle it as a government.
02:04And I also say this, holding British Jews responsible for the actions of the government of Israel is anti-Semitism,
02:13pure and simple.
02:16I'm proud of my Jewishness, and I'm wavering in my support for the security of the State of Israel.
02:22And I see absolutely no contradiction between this and my support for the State of Palestine.
02:28Indeed, quite the opposite.
02:31The only route to security for both peoples is living side by side in peaceful coexistence in a two-state
02:37solution.
02:39That's why we're taking action today.
02:41My parents came here as Jewish refugees.
02:43They saw a country that stood up for values of freedom, democracy, and the rule of law.
02:50That's what we're doing today.
02:52Standing up for our values.
02:54Standing up against oppression and injustice.
02:57Standing up for what is right.
