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Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp says sanctioning Israeli settlements is the wrong move, arguing it would be hard to distinguish settlement goods from Israeli goods and could damage the UK's security intelligence. The government is expected to make an announcement on sanctions in the Commons later on Tuesday. Report by Johals. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00There are two problems. First of all, it is practically very difficult to distinguish
00:04between goods that come from the West Bank versus Israel itself.
00:08And secondly, it risks undermining our vital security relationship with Israel.
00:13We depend on Israel for vital intelligence concerning terrorism, particularly Islamist terrorism.
00:19What the Labour government is doing is they're doing this for domestic political reasons.
00:23They're trying to win back votes on the left, particularly people who have gone off to the Green Party.
00:28So what they're doing is putting the Labour Party's political interest above the national interest,
00:33and that is completely wrong.

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