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UK Government Prohibits Goods from Israeli Settlements, Accuses Settlers of "Ethnic Cleansing"

UK Government Prohibits Goods from Israeli Settlements, Accuses Settlers of "Ethnic Cleansing"

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September 8th, 2026

UK Government Prohibits Goods from Israeli Settlements, Accuses Settlers of "Ethnic Cleansing"

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On Tuesday, the United Kingdom promulgated a decree unequivocally prohibiting any commercial intercourse with Israeli settlements situated within the occupied West Bank, concurrently alleging that 'terrorists' within those settlements are perpetrating 'ethnic cleansing' against the Palestinian populacea move that signifies a pronounced and seismic shift in Britain's stance towards its longstanding ally.

英國週二頒布禁令,明令禁止與其佔領的約旦河西岸境內之以色列屯墾區進行任何貿易往來,並指稱該等屯墾區內的「恐怖分子」正對巴勒斯坦人實施「種族清洗」,此舉標誌著英國對其長期盟友之立場出現顯著且劇烈的轉變。

France and Canada have in turn declared that they will adopt commensurate measures to curb the expansion of the settlements and the escalating violence, lest the future establishment of a Palestinian state be rendered an impossibility.

法國加拿大相繼宣告將採取相應措施以遏止屯墾區的擴張日益升溫的暴力衝突避免未來巴勒斯坦國的建構淪為不可能之舉

Israel responded with the most acerbic of rhetoric, solemnly proclaiming that it would shutter the British consulate in Jerusalem as a retaliatory measure.

以色列方面以最為嚴峻之辭作出回應,並鄭重宣告將關閉英國駐耶路撒冷領事館以此作為報復性之舉

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband proclaimed that Britain would impose a comprehensive embargo on all imports originating from the settlements, while simultaneously mandating that domestic enterprises refrain from rendering any form of services to said settlements, encompassing a broad spectrum of domains including financial financing, construction engineering, infrastructural development, real estate transactions, and advertising, among numerous other fields.

外交部長艾德·米利班德宣示英國將全面禁止自所有屯墾區進口任何商品同時嚴令國內企業不得為該等屯墾區提供任何形式之服務涵蓋範疇包括金融融資營造工程基礎設施建設不動產交易廣告宣傳等諸多領域

Miliband stated: "I do not believe that the British public would wish to endorse the occupation by welcoming settlement products into our shops and supermarkets."

米利班德表示:「我並不認為英國民眾會希望透過在我國商店及超級市場接納定居點產品,來為佔領行徑背書。」

In a joint declaration issued under the joint signatures of the three nations' leaders, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney have sternly asserted that the expansion of settlements in the West Bank, along with the violence perpetrated by settlers, has come to constitute a direct and imminent threat to the two-state solution.

在一份經由三國領導人聯署發表的聯合聲明中英國首相Andy Burnham法國總統Emmanuel Macron加拿大總理Mark Carney嚴正指出約旦河西岸的定居點擴張行徑定居者所實施的暴力行為已然對「兩國方案」構成了直接且迫在眉睫的威脅

The three have unequivocally stated that their resolve to take action is precisely to avert the lamentable eventuality of it being 'too late.'

三人明確表示他們之所以決意採取行動正是為了避免「為時已晚」的憾事發生

The economic ramifications are likely to be circumscribed, given that the settlement's exports are predominantly agricultural and of negligible volume.

其經濟衝擊或屬有限蓋因該定居點之出口以農產為大宗且數量微薄

Nevertheless, this act constitutes a symbolic manifestation of discontent among several of its closest allies, and betrays a nascent indication that the Israeli government is becoming increasingly ostracized in the wake of the Gaza conflict.

此舉實為若干最密切盟邦對以色列表達不滿之象徵性表徵並揭示一新跡象顯示以色列政府因加沙戰事日趨孤立

Miliband candidly acknowledged that he harbours a profound sense of shame regarding the events unfolding within Palestine, all transpiring under the watchful gaze of the international community.

Miliband坦言他對在國際社會眾目睽睽之下巴勒斯坦境內所發生的一切感到深切的羞愧」。

"We shall by no means stand idly by and watch the two-state solution be utterly obliterated," he solemnly declared.

我們斷然不會袖手旁觀坐視兩國方案被徹底摧毀殆盡,」他如此莊嚴宣示

Gideon Sa'ar, Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs, issued a scathing condemnation of this 'heinous' measure.

以色列外交部長Gideon Sa'ar嚴詞譴責此一「令人髮指」之舉措

He stated unequivocally that Israel would expel British representatives from the joint military centre tasked with overseeing the ceasefire in Gaza and would terminate the United Kingdom's training programme for the Palestinian Authority's security forces in the West Bank.

明確表示以色列將驅逐英國代表離開負責監督加薩停火之聯合軍事中心並終止英國對約旦河西岸巴勒斯坦權力機構安全部隊之培訓計畫

Furthermore, Israel has barred dozens of British parliamentarians and other British citizens from entering the country, whom Sa'ar accuses of being 'involved in anti-Semitic and anti-Israel activities'.

此外以色列已禁止數十名英國國會議員及其他英國公民入境Sa'ar指稱此等人士「涉入反猶太反以色列之活動」

Under the stewardship of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's fervently nationalistic administration, the construction of settlements in the West Bankterritory seized by Israel during the 1967 Middle East conflicthas witnessed a precipitous escalation.

在以色列總理Benjamin Netanyahu所領導的極端民族主義政府治下,約旦河西岸(1967年中東戰爭期間為以色列所佔領)的屯墾區建設呈現急劇擴張之勢

The Netanyahu government regards the West Bank as the biblical and historical heartland of the Jewish people, and it remains adamantly opposed to the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Netanyahu政府將約旦河西岸視為猶太民族之聖經與歷史淵藪並堅決反對巴勒斯坦國的建立

The international community broadly regards such construction projects as contraventions of international law.

國際社會普遍此類建設工程視為違反國際法的行徑。

The United Kingdom and other nations have voiced particular apprehension over Israel's sanctioned E1 settlement scheme, inasmuch as it would effectively cleave the territory in twain.

英國及其他國家以色列核准的E1屯墾計畫尤表關切蓋因該計畫實質上使該領土一分為二

The frequency and magnitude of settler violence against Palestinians, the forcible eviction of Palestinian townsfolk, Israeli military operations and the plethora of checkpoints curtailing freedom of movement, as well as Palestinian attacks directed at Israelis, have all witnessed a conspicuous escalation.

定居者對巴勒斯坦人的暴力行徑對巴勒斯坦城鎮居民的強制驅離以色列所實施的軍事行動諸多限制行動自由的檢查站乃至巴勒斯坦方面針對以色列人的攻擊其頻率與規模均有顯著攀升

The British government has conceded that, in certain areas of the West Bank, settler terrorists have perpetrated ethnic cleansing against Palestinians, as Miliband has asserted.

英國政府已同意在約旦河西岸部分地區定居者恐怖分子對巴勒斯坦人實施了種族清洗Miliband如此宣稱

He further contended that bulldozers have razed dwellings to the ground, while roads and public infrastructure have been subjected to systematic devastation, compelling numerous families to be uprooted and displaced from their ancestral homes.

進一步指出推土機夷平了民居道路公共基礎設施遭到系統性破壞迫使諸多家庭流離失所背井離鄉

Miliband clarified that the trade embargo would be implemented within six to nine months.

Miliband闡明貿易禁令將於六至九個月內付諸實行

He further underscored that nations including Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Poland, Portugal, and Sweden have solemnly pledged their "support for further action."

他進一步強調丹麥芬蘭冰島波蘭葡萄牙瑞典等國已鄭重承諾「支持進一步行動」。

He expounded that nations such as the Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium, Spain, and Norway have either promulgated prohibitions, strictly forbidding the importation of goods from the settlements, or are actively devising and implementing such measures.

闡述道荷蘭愛爾蘭比利時西班牙挪威等國或已頒布禁令嚴禁自屯墾區進口商品,抑或正積極籌劃並推行此類措施

Miliband has further tightened the United Kingdom's embargo on the sale of arms employed by Israel in the Gaza Strip, extending the prohibition to encompass all military equipment that "materially facilitates" the occupation of Palestinian territories.

Miliband進一步收緊英國對以色列在加薩地區所使用武器之銷售禁令「實質上促成」佔領巴勒斯坦領土之軍備悉數納入禁運範疇

Last year, the United Kingdom formally recognised Palestinian statehood, a move intended to reinvigorate the waning diplomatic efforts towards a two-state solution.

去年英國正式承認巴勒斯坦的國家地位此舉意在重振日漸式微的兩國方案外交努力

On Tuesday, Miliband articulated the shift in Britain's stance, asserting that the United Kingdom deems Israel's occupation of the West Banknot merely its settlementsto be unlawful.

週二Miliband就英國立場之轉變發表言論指稱英國認定以色列對約旦河西岸之佔領——非僅限於屯墾區——係屬非法

This novel stance is bound to resonate widely among a considerable swath of Labour voters and parliamentarians, who have long clamoured for the government to impose more stringent sanctions upon Israel and extend a helping hand to the Palestinian populace.

此一新立場勢必廣獲眾多工黨選民議員之認同,渠等早已疾呼政府應對以色列施加更嚴厲之制裁,並向巴勒斯坦人民伸出援手

Nevertheless, certain quarters harbour apprehensions that the imposition of sanctions may prove counterproductive, serving not to restrain Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu but rather to bolster his political standinghe currently faces the formidable challenge of re-election in Octoberor even to incite hostile assaults against the Jewish community in Britain.

然而部分人士憂心制裁措施適得其反非但無法遏制以色列總理內塔尼亞胡反而可能強化其政治地位——他正面臨十月連任嚴峻考驗——甚或引發針對英國猶太社群敵意攻擊

The Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom, Ephraim Mirvis, has remarked in response that this constitutes "the darkest of days for British Jewry."

英國首席拉比艾弗拉姆·米爾維斯對此表示此乃英國猶太人最為黯淡之日」。

Tom Tugendhat, the opposition Conservative Party's spokesperson on foreign affairs, asserted that "relegating Israel to the status of a pariah within the international community would inevitably exacerbate sectarian divisions domestically and could precipitate a further precipitous surge in antisemitic violence on our streets."

反對黨保守黨外交事務發言人Tom Tugendhat表示,「將以色列貶斥為國際社會之棄民勢必在我國境內激化宗派間的裂痕並可能致使街頭反猶暴力事件進一步急劇攀升。」

Prior to Miliband's declaration, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel's hardline Minister of Public Security and a prominent settlement leader, had already urged Netanyahu to recognise Argentina's sovereignty claim over the Falkland Islandsa British overseas territory in the South Atlantic, referred to by Argentina as the Malvinas Islands.

Miliband作出此項宣示之前以色列強硬派公共安全部長屯墾區領袖Itamar Ben-Gvir已敦促Netanyahu承認阿根廷福克蘭群島——英國位於南大西洋的海外領地阿根廷稱之為馬爾維納斯群島——之主權主張。

Isaac Herzog, the President of Israel, denounced the ban as "a grave miscalculation, a decision that will ultimately be consigned to the annals of historical fallacy."

以色列總統艾薩克·赫佐格將該禁令斥之為一項嚴重的誤判一項終將淪落於歷史謬誤之列的決定」。

"In such a context, this act amounts to a flagrant interference in the democratic elections of a sovereign state," he remarked.

在此等脈絡之下此舉無異於對一主權國家民主選舉粗暴干預,」如是云

This manoeuvre has likewise drawn the censure of Mike Huckabee, the United States ambassador to Israel, a longstanding champion of the settlement enterprise, who has decried it as tantamount to 'discrimination against the Jewish people'.

此舉招致美國駐以色列大使Mike Huckabee抨擊,其長期力挺屯墾政策斥之為「對猶太人的歧視」

He has further intimated that, should Britain proceed with sanctions, the United States would be poised to implement retaliatory or countervailing measures in response.

揚言倘若英國付諸制裁美國恐將採取「報復或反制」措施以為因應

Across the United States, a succession of states has enacted legislation explicitly prohibiting the formation of contracts with, or investment in, Israeli enterprisesincluding those situated in the West Bankas part of a broader boycott initiative.

美國諸州已相繼頒行法令明文禁止抵制以色列企業涵蓋位於約旦河西岸之公司締結契約進行投資

Burnham's office indicated that he engaged in a telephonic conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday, during which he articulated the United Kingdom's unwavering commitment to peace and security in the region, as well as its resolute determination to realize the two-state solution.

Burnham's office indicated that he engaged in a telephonic conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday, during which he articulated the United Kingdom's unwavering commitment to peace and security in the region, as well as its resolute determination to realize the two-state solution.

However, no information has yet emerged regarding Trump's response.

However, no information has yet emerged regarding Trump's response.

Miliband, whose parents sought refuge in Britain from the Nazi regime, apprised his parliamentary colleagues that he was speaking 'as a proud British Jew' and an unwavering advocate for Israel.

Miliband, whose parents sought refuge in Britain from the Nazi regime, apprised his parliamentary colleagues that he was speaking 'as a proud British Jew' and an unwavering advocate for Israel.

"Our contention is not with the people of Israelthere exists an indissoluble bond between the British and Israeli peoples," Miliband expounded.

我們的爭論並非針對以色列人民——英國與以色列人民之間存在著牢不可破的紐帶,」Miliband闡述道

"Our objection lies in the conduct adopted by their government."

我們的異議在於其政府所採取的行徑。」

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