Over 100 ex-diplomats urge France, UK to sanction Israel over Palestine

An open letter demands a ban on arms transfers and a freeze on EU-Israel and UK-Israel trade agreements.A coalition of 102 former French and British diplomats is calling on their countries to jointly sanction Israel, warning in an open letter that Israeli policy in occupied Palestinian territory threatens to permanently erase the possibility of a Palestinian state.France and the United Kingdom “must act together to uphold international law in Palestine”, said the letter published on Saturday by French outlet Le Monde. It urged the two governments to push for “equal rights for Israelis and Palestinians”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Why Israeli tenders for illegal E1 West Bank settlement prompted outragelist 2 of 3Palestinian victims of Israeli settler attacks face battle for justicelist 3 of 3‘Shameful’: Western allies slam Israel ending probe on aid worker killingsend of listThe signatories include former British ambassadors to the United Nations, Jeremy Greenstock and Emyr Jones Parry, and former French Middle East directors, Yves Aubin de la Messuziere and Denis Bauchard, drawing on decades of diplomatic postings across the region.“Palestinian house demolitions a...