PM warned Rosebank oil field could breach West Bank sanctions
The UK government faces pressure to clarify if the Rosebank oil field project violates new sanctions against Israeli settlements. Campaigners argue that the involvement of Delek Group, which has been linked to settlement activities, conflicts with the government's stated policy.
Why it matters
This highlights the tension between energy security, environmental policy, and the enforcement of international human rights sanctions.
Image source, Reuters Image caption, A long-awaited decision on the Rosebank oil field is expected soon
The prime minister has been warned that approving a controversial oil field risks contravening his own sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
The government will soon have to make a long-awaited decision on whether to go ahead with Rosebank, Britain's largest untapped oil field, which sits off Shetland.
Environmental campaigners and Green Party leader Zack Polanski have both separately written to Andy Burnham and the foreign secretary to raise concerns about Rosebank's links to an Israeli company, Delek Group.
Last year Delek Group was included in a UN database of firms which allegedly provide services or utilities to support settlements in occupied Palestinian territories.
A spokesman for the company told the Daily Telegraph , external it no longer had any involvement in Israeli settlements and was wrongly included in the database.
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