The Foreign Ministry responded to Britain's decision to suspend trade agreement negotiations and sanctions against settlers, stating: 'Even before today's announcement, this matter was not being advanced by the current British government.' The ministry added that 'if due to anti-Israeli obsession and internal political considerations the British government is willing to harm the British economy, that's their decision. The British Mandate ended exactly 77 years ago. External pressures will not divert Israel from its path.'

