‘Nice Israeli Actual Property Occasion’ promotes the sale of stolen Palestinian land in unlawful settlements within the occupied West Financial institution.
Revealed On 12 Jun 2026
The mayor of London has condemned this weekend’s “Nice Israeli Actual Property Occasion”, a part of a roadshow selling the sale of land and property in unlawful Israeli settlements within the occupied West Financial institution.
Mayor Sadiq Khan expressed “issues” concerning the occasion resulting from happen within the British capital on Sunday, throughout a Mayor’s Query Time session on Friday.
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“Israeli settlements within the West Financial institution are unjustifiable and unlawful below worldwide legislation,” Khan mentioned in response to a query concerning the occasion from the UK’s Inexperienced Get together chief Zack Polanski.
“They’re deeply tied to the continued displacement of Palestinians.
“I condemn any try to promote property within the settlements within the West Financial institution, be that in London or anyplace else on the earth; I share issues concerning the better Israeli actual property occasion happening in our metropolis, which I oppose,” Khan added.
The occasion is organised by My Dwelling in Israel, an actual property company targeted on attracting abroad purchasers to purchase property in Israel.
Rights teams, together with Amnesty, have slammed the occasion for overtly promoting the sale of land in unlawful Israeli settlements within the occupied West Financial institution.
Khan mentioned he had mentioned the occasion with London’s Metropolitan police and had been knowledgeable that any allegations of criminality regarding the doubtless illegal sale of property on the occasion could be assessed by the Met as a part of an investigation.
“Given the numerous escalation in velocity and scale of annexation measures below Israel’s present authorities and the rise in state-backed settler violence, it’s unthinkable that the UK authorities might enable an occasion to be held within the UK that overtly promotes actions encouraging settlement growth,” Kristyan Benedict, Amnesty Worldwide UK’s disaster response marketing campaign supervisor, mentioned in a press release.
“This isn’t a property truthful. It’s apartheid and annexation with a gross sales pitch,” he mentioned.
Israeli settlement growth
Israeli settlers are Israeli residents who stay illegally on Palestinian land.
Israel began constructing unlawful settlements after capturing the West Financial institution, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip within the June 1967 Six-Day Battle, and now, greater than 700,000 settlers – 10 % of Israel’s inhabitants – stay in 150 unlawful settlements and 128 outposts unfold throughout the occupied West Financial institution and East Jerusalem.
The federal government has overtly funded and constructed settlements, and Israeli authorities give their settlers within the occupied West Financial institution about $5.6m a yr to watch, report and limit Palestinian building in Space C, which is run solely by Israel and includes greater than 60 % of the West Financial institution.
United Nations our bodies and most nations view the West Financial institution settlements as unlawful, citing worldwide conventions.
However america has supplied diplomatic cowl to Israel for many years, with Washington persistently utilizing its veto energy on the UN to guard Israel from diplomatic censure.
