Ex-Israeli PM backs British ban on settlement trade

LONDON: Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has voiced support for the UK’s new ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements. He told The Guardian that the decision, announced by Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, “became unavoidable as a result of a continuous effort of ethnic cleansing perpetrated by a large group of Jewish terrorists in the West Bank.” Olmert added: “The crimes of these terrorists are actively assisted by police and military units over a long period of time. “The highest l