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UK’s Burnham risks Trump anger with new sanctions on Israel

U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s government is expected to ban trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank on Tuesday as he seeks to adopt a stronger policy on an issue that’s important to his governing Labour Party but may anger U.S. President Donald Trump. A new sanctions regime targeting Israel, but limited to Jewish settlements in the West…

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