United Kingdom Might Ban Goods from Israel

TUC has published Professor James Crawford’s advice that WTO and EU may consider banning the import of goods from Israel due to the Israeli settlements issue. He was sharing his legal view and told that the laws of World Trade Organization and European Union allow banning the import of goods from Israel.

TUC general secretary Mr. Brendan Barber has also given his expert opinion that the consumers are not buying the Israeli goods and thus the supermarkets have been forced to keep the Israeli goods away from the shelves. But he said that retail stores may be forced to keep the Israeli items of the shelf but it is impossible for the customers to force wholesalers to avoid he Israeli items and that is why the TUC has been demanding to completely ban the import from Israel.

He clarified that the TUC does not demand or favor a ban on Israel and said that they only favored the ban on the goods being imported from there and that too is to shun the Israeli illegal settlements in the Palestinian land which is blocking the peace negotiations to succeed between the two countries.

TUC also urged the United Kingdom to ban all sorts of financial transactions with Israel as it supports the Israeli settlements in Gaza. Professor Crawford’s opinion backs the TUC demand that EU as a whole or only the UK should impose ban on trade with the Israel in this regard.