Huckabee Threatens U.K. Retaliation Over 1,200-Home Settlement Sanctions
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Updated · POLITICO Europe · Sep 8
Huckabee Threatens U.K. Retaliation Over 1,200-Home Settlement Sanctions
3 articles · Updated · POLITICO Europe · Sep 8
Summary
Mike Huckabee said the U.S. could retaliate against Britain if London unveils expected sanctions banning trade in goods and some services from Israeli settlements.
Ed Miliband is due to outline the policy in Parliament on Tuesday, after Britain last month condemned Israel's plan for 1,200 new homes in the E1 area east of Jerusalem.
Huckabee told the BBC the move would amount to discrimination against Jewish people and said individual U.S. states, including Florida, might also take trade action against the U.K.
The warning sharpens a transatlantic clash over settlements just hours before the British government is expected to formalize its measures.