British Quakers have voted to boycott goods from "illegal" Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
Representatives of the pacifist movement's 23,000 supporters said that the decision, taken at a meeting last Saturday, would give hope to Palestinians and those working for peace in Israel.
Their resolution stated: "We are not at this time proposing to boycott goods from Israel itself, being unwilling to jeopardise continuing dialogue with Israelis and British Jews."
But in support of the settlement goods ban, it declared: "In the face of armed oppression of poor people and the increasing encroachment of the illegal settlements in the West Bank, we cannot do nothing."
