In an unprecedented letter, 102 former British and French diplomats call for joint sanctions on Israel amid violent settler actions and expansion of the illegal E1 settlement bloc.
France and the United Kingdom ‘must act together to uphold international law in Palestine’, said the letter published on Saturday by French outlet Le Monde.
They warn that Israeli policies in the occupied Palestinian territory threaten to permanently erase the possibility of a Palestinian state. ‘The world no longer sees Israel as a genuine democracy,’ the letter said.
The letter arrives against the backdrop of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, which has killed more than 72,000 Palestinians since October 2023.
