Overview
- The Great Israeli Real Estate Event is scheduled to take place in London on Sunday with its exact venue undisclosed and organisers denying they will offer properties in the occupied West Bank.
- Journalists and campaigners say a sponsor’s social post, exhibitor lists and the event website linked several participating companies to projects in settlements such as Gush Etzion and Negohot.
- Mayor Sadiq Khan has publicly condemned the expo and said he raised concerns with the Metropolitan Police, the Home Office and the Foreign Office, who updated guidance on business dealings with settlements on June 9.
- Almost 100 cross‑party MPs and peers have written to the foreign secretary calling for the event’s cancellation, while legal groups have asked the Met to investigate potential offences and consider a Serious Crime Prevention Order.
- A legal notice was sent to the Edgware United Synagogue over its hosting role and campaign groups plan protests, raising the prospect of police action, legal sanctions for organisers or venues, and wider reputational and regulatory fallout given that most states view West Bank settlements as illegal under international law.