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Muted US response to UK's West Bank sanctions may reflect simmering frustration
BBC9/9/2026
Image source, Getty Images By Tom Bateman State department correspondent Published 9 September 2026 As the UK unveiled sanctions against Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, Israel responded with fury, declaring it would shutter Britain's diplomatic mission to the Palestinians, kick out UK military staff from an international coordination base near Gaza and ban nearly a dozen left-wing British members of parliament from entering Israel. It was a blaring signal of defiance and a remarkable diplomatic escalation.
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