‘Outrageous lies’: How Israeli voters are shrugging off Western sanctions

Israeli politicians reacted to sanctions by states including the United Kingdom, France, and Canada on the country’s illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank with self-righteous anger. But what is the latest example of Israel’s international isolation brought on by its treatment of the Palestinian people has not been influential in swaying the electorate in the run-up to October’s elections, analysts tell Al Jazeera.Responding to the UK Foreign Minister Ed Miliband’s accusation that Israelis were ethnically cleansing the occupied West Bank, Israel’s Gideon Saar accused his counterpart of spreading “outrageous lies” and attempting to interfere in the election through foreign pressure.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4How Israel systematically dismantles Palestinian life in occupied West Banklist 2 of 4UK trade unions back motion to boycott and sanction Israellist 3 of 4Pernicious states: Towards a new grammar of international relationslist 4 of 4UK charities, protest groups: Israeli ban threat ‘will not intimidate us’end of listIsraeli President Isaac Herzog also condemned the measures, branding them a “gross interference in the democratic elections” of Israel.But, ...