The United Kingdom is expected to announce restrictions targeting trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank on Tuesday, a move already drawing strong pushback Monday from U.S. and Israeli officials.
According to Burnham and Washington, where the Trump administration has strongly backed Israel, the outlet said.
The new measures, billed widely as sanctions, are expected to be formally unveiled by Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, who has already pledged a "Bezalel Smotrich called for the British ambassador’s expulsion in a post on X.
"We will not be a doormat for an antisemitic government in a country occupied by radical Islam that is trying to escape economic and social collapse by attacking Jews and the State of Israel," Smotrich wrote. "The British Mandate in Israel is over."
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir also condemned the planned restrictions, writing in Spanish on X that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should retaliate by recognizing Argentine sovereignty over the Falkland Islands and imposing sanctions on Britain.
Ben-Gvir accused Britain of having "violently" taken the disputed islands, known in Argentina as the Malvinas, the Times of Israel reported.
In the United States, Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., also warned in a post on X that the planned measures could implicate Florida’s anti-boycott law and potentially prevent some affected British companies from doing business with state and local governments.
Meanwhile, Burnham has joined leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy and other countries in condemning Israel’s E1 settlement expansion, arguing that the project threatens the viability of a future Palestinian state.