--- title: "US drafted memo criticizing UK over West Bank sanctions, but it was never released" description: "Most outlets reported that the US prepared a draft memo condemning the UK, France, and Canada for blocking imports from Israeli settlements in the West Bank, but the document was never made public. Arab News Pakistan added that the memo was influenced by David Milstein and attributed to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, while Aaj News noted the memo was prepared in early September by US officials in Jerusalem and Washington." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/10419-us-drafted-memo-condemning-uk-over-west-bank-settlement site: HarZaviya language: en --- # US drafted memo criticizing UK over West Bank sanctions, but it was never released world · updated 24 Sep 2026, 6:01 PM PKT · 24 Sep 2026 · 3 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that the US prepared a draft memo condemning the UK, France, and Canada for blocking imports from Israeli settlements in the West Bank, but the document was never made public. Arab News Pakistan added that the memo was influenced by David Milstein and attributed to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, while Aaj News noted the memo was prepared in early September by US officials in Jerusalem and Washington. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Aaj News (English)** — [US drafted memo condemning UK over West Bank settlement sanctions, but it was never released](https://english.aaj.tv/news/330473823/us-drafted-memo-condemning-uk-over-west-bank-settlement-sanctions-but-it-was-never-released) · 24 Sep 2026, 6:01 PM PKT > In early September, US officials in Jerusalem and Washington prepared a draft statement attributed to Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemning plans by the UK, France and Canada to block imports from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The September 8 dated document, ​previously unreported and which two sources said was driven by David Milstein, an influential aide to US Ambassador ... - **Arab News Pakistan** — [US drafted a memo condemning UK over West Bank sanctions. It was never released](https://www.arabnews.pk/world/us-drafted-a-memo-condemning-uk-over-west-bank-sanctions-it-was-never-released-3002177) · 24 Sep 2026, 11:48 AM PKT · 93% identical wording to the newest filing > A draft memo was prepared by US officials condemning UK sanctions on West Bank imports but was never released. The document was influenced by David Milstein and attributed to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. 3 articles from 2 outlets, 24 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.