İsrail E1 konutu için yatırım uyarısı: UK bankaları harekete geçiriyor

Kısaca

İngiliz bankalarına İsrail E1 konut ihalesiyle ilgili yatırım yapmamaları yönünde yazılı uyarılar gönderildi ve yasa tasarısının uygulanabilirliğinin belirsiz olduğu belirtiliyor İsrail hükümeti West Bank’ta 3.400 konut için ihaleler açıyor; yasal süreçler 6-9 ay sürebilir Finans ve yatırım akışları üzerinde baskı oluşabilir; politika değişikliklerinin etkisi takip edilecek

Ana mesele

İngiliz bankalarına yönelik uyarılarla İsrail E1 konutu için yatırım riskleri vurgulanıyor

Ne değişti?

İngiliz bankaları yatırım yasağı süreciyle ilgili henüz belirsizliğin sürdüğünü belirtti

Beni nasıl etkiler?

Okuyucular için bankacılık yatırımları ve talep belirsizliğine dair farkındalık artıyor

Ne oldu?

Birleşik Krallık’taki vekillerin bankalara yazılı uyarı gönderdiği belirtiliyor.

Neden şimdi?

İsrail’in E1 konut projesi için ihale süreci hızla ilerliyor ve yasa uygulanabilirliğinin belirsizliği önemli

Neden önemli?

Finans sektörü ve uluslararası ticaret politikaları üzerinde doğrudan etkisi olabilecek uyarılar yayıldı

Kimler etkileniyor?

• Bankalar ve finans kuruluşları
• Yatırımcılar ve portföy yöneticileri
• Hükümet politikalarını takip eden sektörler

Sektör ve piyasa etkisi

Bankacılık yatırımları ve uluslararası konut projelerine bağlı fon akışları etkilenebilir

Riskler

• Belirsizlik artışı nedeniyle yatırım akışlarının azalması
• Yasaların uygulanamaması halinde piyasa güveninin zayıflaması
• İlgili ülkelerde siyasi risklerin artması

Takip edilmesi gerekenler

• Yasal mevzuatta gelişmeler
• İsrail konut projelerine uluslararası tepkiler
• Birleşik Krallık bankalarının portföy değişiklikleri
• Kamu politikalarının uygulanabilirliğini gösteren adımlar

Haberin tamamı

The Israeli government wants to build 3,400 houses in the E1 zone near the Ma’ale Adumim settlement in the occupied West Bank. Photograph: Ohad Zwigenberg/AP View image in fullscreen The Israeli government wants to build 3,400 houses in the E1 zone near the Ma’ale Adumim settlement in the occupied West Bank. Photograph: Ohad Zwigenberg/AP Trade policy British banks told not to invest in planned Israeli settlement before UK trade ban begins MPs send out letter as Israeli government seeks bids for construction of large E1 settlement in West Bank

Prefer the Guardian on Google British banks and financial institutions are receiving written warnings from MPs that they should not invest in Israel’s E1 settlement project even though new UK laws banning trade with illegal settlements are unlikely to be in place for months.

A letter was sent to banks on Tuesday by the all-party Britain-Palestine group of MPs saying the onus was now on banks to review their obligations not to cooperate with new settlements.

The foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, announced two weeks ago plans for a complete ban on trade with illegal settlements and new sanctions on those co-operating with building the settlements. But complex secondary legislation needed for the powers to come into force may take six to nine months to pass through parliament.

The issue is urgent since the Israeli government is seeking bids for two tenders for the construction of as many as 3,400 houses , including more than 1,300 for which the tender closes on 25 October, two days before the elections.

Israel’s finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, said in 2025 that the E1 settlement “practically erases the two-state delusion” by splitting up territory that would be set aside for a Palestinian state. The settlement plan has long been delayed due to its uncontested political impact on the prospect of a two-state solution, still the main peace plan backed by the west and Gulf states.

View image in fullscreen Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, holding a map showing the proposed E1 settlement. Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images Finance, insurance and guarantees are required before construction starts. One of Miliband’s motives in acting earlier this month, before the Israeli elections, was not just to express his deep concern at the scale of settler violence in the West Bank but to deter UK finance from helping with the tenders or the construction. It has been alleged that he overrode some diplomatic advice in acting before the elections.

Read more The all-party group said: “The immediate question is what commitments institutions were willing to make while the detailed rules are being developed, and how they would respond when restrictions take effect”. The letter, signed by two Labour MPs, Debbie Abrahams and Andy McDonald, states: “Commitments made now may be difficult to unwind when restrictions commence; the allocation of costs will depend on the contracts and applicable law. We ask boards to consider this interim risk before agreeing new or increased commitments.”

The letter adds: “We ask you to place potential E1 and settlement-related exposure on the board’s agenda and on the risk register, and to reach a reasoned decision on whether the associated sanctions, legal and reputational risk sits within the institution’s stated risk appetite.”

It is argued that postcodes provide the locality of a product’s origin, and nothing is being attempted that would stop trade in general with Israel.

Abrahams said: “We are not asking to pre-empt the law. We are asking boards a question they should be able to answer today: what exposure are you prepared to carry while the sanctions regime is written and on what evidence?”

The all-party group said it intended to publish replies to its letter by 10 October.

Kaynaklar

• The Guardian - World