The Crime of Britain
The Crime of BritainI asked Gemini AI: Please describe actions taken by the British government since the start of the October 7th War and onward that should be interpreted as hostile to Israeli control of territories conquered in the Six Day War?
Since the outbreak of the Gaza war triggered by the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks, successive British governments (both Conservative and Labour) have enacted a series of diplomatic, legal, and economic measures that directly challenge Israeli sovereignty and administrative control over territories captured during the 1967 Six-Day War (the West Bank, East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip, and the Golan Heights).
While maintaining support for Israel’s core defense inside its 1949 Armistice lines (1967 borders), London has taken increasingly hostile measures against Israeli activities in these disputed territories:
1. Bans on Trade and Imports from Settlements
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Import Ban on Settlement Goods: The UK introduced legislation banning the import of all goods manufactured or grown in Israeli settlements in the West Bank. This effectively rejects Israeli commercial jurisdiction in those areas.
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Prohibition of Settlement Advertising: New regulations prohibit the advertising or promotion of land, residential real estate, or commercial properties located in West Bank settlements within the UK.
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Corporate Restrictions: The UK updated its Overseas Business Risk guidance to explicitly urge British companies against financial transactions, property purchases, tourism services, or investments that benefit Israeli presence beyond the 1967 lines.
2. Legal Reclassification of the Occupation
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Formal “Unlawful” Occupation Designation: Moving past traditional statements that settlements are merely “illegal under international law”, the British Foreign Office formally concluded that Israel’s ongoing occupation of Palestinian territories is entirely “unlawful” in its entirety. This stance relies heavily on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) 2024 Advisory Opinion.
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ICJ & ICC Legal Stances: The UK dropped its initial procedural challenges to the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) application for arrest warrants against Israeli leadership over actions in Gaza, signaling a shift toward international judicial scrutiny over Israeli military presence in the territories.
3. Target Sanctions on Israeli Entities and Citizens
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Sanctions on Outposts and Developers: The UK implemented sanctions targeting organizations and construction entities that facilitate, build, or finance infrastructure in the West Bank (including major housing developments such as E1).
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Sanctions on Individuals & Activists: The Foreign Office placed financial and travel sanctions on dozens of Israeli citizens, extremist activist groups, and hill-top youth figures accused of destabilizing or forcibly displacing Palestinian communities in Judea and Samaria.
4. Partial Arms Export Suspensions
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Restrictions Tied to Operations: In September 2024, the UK suspended approximately 30 military export licenses to Israel. The decision was predicated on official legal assessments determining a clear risk that exported military hardware could be utilized in violations of International Humanitarian Law in the Gaza Strip or the West Bank.
5. Multi-National Declarations Against Territorial Control
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Rejection of E1 and Land Claims: The British Foreign Office, alongside European allies (such as France and Canada), issued formal declarations condemning Israeli state projects designed to bridge East Jerusalem to West Bank communities like Ma’ale Adumim.
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Asserting Palestinian Sovereignty: The UK consistently reaffirms that East Jerusalem, Gaza, and the West Bank constitute a single territorial unit that belongs under future Palestinian sovereignty, rejecting any unilateral Israeli territorial annexations, land declarations, or administrative takeovers.
When a Mega-Disaster Will Hit Britain, the Biblical prophet Yoel, tells us not to ascribe the tragedy to a thousand other reasons. Instead ascribe it to their support for the division and theft of Hashem’s holy land!
The Biblical book of Yoel (Joel) Chapter 4 as translated by https://www.sefaria.org.il/Joel.4.2?lang=bi states:
For lo! in those days And in that time, When I restore the fortunes Of Judah and Jerusalem,
I will gather all the nations And bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will contend with them Over My very own people, Israel, Which they scattered among the nations. For they divided My land among themselves.
Dividing Biblical Israel is a crime for which the nations will be punished.
See also Why G-d let Bin-Laden Succeed! A Jewish Perspective on the Destruction of the World Trade Center in New York for greater details of why America’s support for the Oslo Terror Accords brought and brings disaster to America.
Question: Maybe, only when the Gentiles reach the Valley of Yehoshafat (Jehoshafat) will they be punished for the crime of dividing Hashem’s Holy Land?
Answer: It is my understanding that when the Gentiles reach that valley, it will be clear that the punishment they will be getting is on account of the words of the prophet Yoel. But even before that event, Bible believers should be aware that scattering Israel among the nations and dividing up the land of Israel among the nations strongly angers Hashem.
Rashi, whose commentary, unlike other commentaries is obligatory for Jews who fear heaven (see Mishna Brura on 285:2) states the following:
‘You have seen what I have done to Egypt’ – For many transgressions were they liable to receive a punishment from me, before they harmed you, yet I punished them only on your account.
Similarly, if one looks at the Biblical book of Amos, chapter 1, (together with the traditional commentaries) one will see, that although the idolatrous neighbors of the nation of Israel, namely, Dammeseq, Azza, Tzor(Tyre), Edom, and Ammon, were guilty of many sins, nevertheless, the harm that they did to Israel is what sealed their fate.