Greater than 100 UK lawmakers have referred to as for the cancellation of an Israeli actual property occasion scheduled to happen in London on Sunday, which had appeared to promote the sale of land in Israeli settlements within the occupied West Financial institution.
In a letter despatched to the international secretary on Friday, 101 parliamentarians and members of the Home of Lords, warned the occasion was “firmly embedded in Israel’s mission of colonial growth by facilitating the sale of land that has been stolen from Palestinians” and referred to as on the federal government to take “all needed steps” to cease the occasion from going forward within the capital.
“Permitting the occasion to proceed wouldn’t solely be inconsistent with present UK authorities steering on settlement-related financial exercise, it will stand in opposition to the federal government’s obligations beneath worldwide regulation,” the letter to Yvette Cooper mentioned.
Signatories included Labour MPs Andy McDonald and Debbie Abrahams, co-chairs of the British-Palestine all-party parliamentary group. The letter comes after considerations had been raised by MPs in parliament, in addition to by the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, who mentioned he mentioned the occasion with Metropolitan police.
On Tuesday, the UK together with different western powers, introduced it’s imposing sanctions on six companies and one particular person for enabling and financing the latest upsurge in settler violence within the West Financial institution.
Nevertheless, it fell quick, in banning commerce with unlawful Israeli settlements, which greater than 140 Labour MP’s, together with the chairs of each Labour-led choose committee, referred to as on authorities to do earlier this week.
Organisations together with Amnesty Worldwide UK, the Palestine Solidarity Marketing campaign and the Muslim Affiliation of Britain, amongst different organisations, additionally referred to as on the UK authorities to cancel the occasion.
The London occasion is the ultimate cease in a collection of worldwide roadshows which had appeared to promote the sale of land in Israeli settlements within the occupied West Financial institution, and invitations people to “discover one of the best Anglo neighbourhoods” and discover their “dream house”.
The occasion had invited folks to register their curiosity in Gush Etzion, an Israeli settlement within the occupied West Financial institution, which the UK authorities considers an unlawful settlement.
Organisers have denied claims the occasion will function land on the market within the West Financial institution, calling the allegations “ridiculous” and “motivated by anti-Israeli and terrorist supporters”. A spokesperson instructed the Jewish Information, “all exhibitors, with out exception, will present details about properties and tasks throughout the Inexperienced line.”
The web site for the 2025 occasion, which talked about Gush Etzion has since been taken down, and point out of Gush Etzion on the 2026 occasion web page was eliminated after considerations had been raised publicly.
The occasion, billed as personal, invitation solely and with free admission, presents consultants on insurance coverage, tax and mortgage advisers and transferring funds. It additionally features a map of the territory that includes no delineation of Gaza and the occupied West Financial institution, in addition to Syria’s Golan Heights.
The occasion comes as settler violence within the West Financial institution has reached unprecedented ranges, and as a coalition of western nations – together with the UK, France, Canada, Germany and Italy – have referred to as for an finish to the development of Israeli settlements it says breach worldwide regulation.
The upcoming occasion beforehand happened in Toronto in Could, and 6 areas in New York, in keeping with its web site. New York’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani, beforehand mentioned he “deeply opposed” the true property expo occasion happening, in keeping with The Intercept.
Civil society organisations have mentioned the occasion normalises unlawful settlements by advertising and marketing them alongside properties in Israeli cities, and referred to as on authorities to cease commerce and funding enabling “illegal occupation”.
Kristyan Benedict, the disaster response supervisor at Amnesty Worldwide, mentioned: “Given the numerous escalation in pace and scale of annexation measures beneath Israel’s present authorities and the rise in state-backed settler violence, it’s unthinkable that the UK authorities may enable an occasion to be held within the UK that overtly promotes actions encouraging settlement growth.
“This isn’t a property honest. It’s apartheid and annexation with a gross sales pitch.”
The Palestine Solidarity Marketing campaign launched a petition for members of the general public to induce the homesecretary, Shabana Mahmood, to stop the occasion from occurring and to deliver expenses in opposition to these “enabling the sale of stolen Palestinian land”.
The Palestinian Youth Motion additionally launched a marketing campaign bringing collectively greater than 100 civil society organisations together with the Muslim Affiliation of Britain and Jewish grassroots group Na’amod, calling on the federal government to cancel the occasion.
A authorities spokesperson mentioned: “Israeli settlements are unlawful beneath worldwide regulation and hurt prospects for a two-state answer. The Israeli authorities should clamp down on settler violence and finish settlement growth.”
In October 2024, the UK authorities introduced sanctions in opposition to seven organisations that assist unlawful Israeli settlers within the West Financial institution, and in June 2025, positioned sanctions on two Israeli authorities ministers, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, largely for inciting violence in opposition to Palestinians of their marketing campaign to achieve management of latest settlements within the West Financial institution.
The federal government spokesperson added: “Growth within the West Financial institution is flawed. We will probably be bringing ahead up to date steering within the coming days, giving higher readability to UK companies on the right way to keep away from ventures which assist these unlawful settlements.”
