The UK’s sanctions on Israeli settlements are a great victory – but must be only the beginning | Em Hilton

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The change in policy is a direct result of sustained pressure from activists and organisers across the Palestine movement. But what comes next?The announcement on Tuesday by the foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, of an import ban on goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, as well as a comprehensive sanctions regime, is a hard-won victory for the Palestine solidarity movement.This is not simply a change of heart by the government: it is a direct result of sust