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Deputy leader of the Conservative Party Alex Burghart describes the government's decision to place sanctions on the West Bank as "very, very misguided" and could "unravel" security and trade relationships with Israel. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00I think the announcement of sanctions on Israel is very, very misguided.
00:06Israel is a very strong ally of Britain's.
00:09Over the course of the past few years, MI5 working with Israeli intelligence
00:15have managed to thwart a number of terrorist plots in this country,
00:20save British lives, and the truth is that anything that damages that relationship
00:26is very, very short-sighted.
00:28The sanctions that were announced are not going to change Israel's behavior in the settlements at all.
00:33What they might start to do is unravel a very, very important security relationship
00:40and trade relationship that the United Kingdom has.

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