UK Trade Unions Back Motion to Boycott and Sanction Israel

The Trades Union Congress, representing over 5.3 million UK workers, unanimously passed its first motion backing the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement, calling for an end to military cooperation and arms deals with Israel and pushing the government toward wider sanctions. The vote follows the UK's recent ban on importing goods from Israeli settlements, though the Foreign Secretary has stopped short of endorsing BDS itself. This growing institutional pressure from major Western civil society bodies reflects deepening international isolation of Israel over its conduct in Gaza and the West Bank.