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BDS co-founder criticises UK settlement trade ban as 'performative' and ineffective
Alex MacDonald9/8/2026
Omar Barghouti, the co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement that aims to pressure Israel over its occupation of Palestinian land, has criticised the new restrictions introduced by the UK on settlement trade as "performative". "The UK is going after a crime while continuing to be complicit with the serial criminal," he said in a statement.
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