Banning trade with illegal Israeli settlements is a start, but Labour must not stop there

Shortly before taking office, Andy Burnham, the new prime minister, apologised for our party’s initial response to Israel's war on Gaza , saying we got it wrong. He was right to apologise, but in the face of overwhelming evidence of Israel’ s genocide and war crimes, and the UK ’s long complicity, it is far from enough. Today, the foreign secretary has announced a sanctions regime banning trade with Israel’s illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, a step that I and more than 140 Labour MPs have called for.