LONDON — Britain will set out a "comprehensive" package of measures on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank in the coming weeks, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said on Tuesday, according to Reuters.

Miliband told lawmakers that Israel's E1 settlement project would cut across land that Palestinians seek for a state, and "risks making a Palestinian state unviable".

"This government will not acquiesce in the destruction of the two-state solution," he said. "We will act and I will set out a comprehensive set of measures in the coming weeks."

The foreign secretary did not specify what the measures would contain or when precisely they would be published.

Pressure over settlement goods

Britain and other European governments have criticised Israel's plans for E1, an area east of Jerusalem whose development would affect the contiguity of Palestinian territory in the West Bank.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham said before taking office that he was "looking at measures to ban trade in goods with illegal settlements", Reuters reported.

The Times reported on Monday that the administration of US President Donald Trump is "closely" tracking any British plans to introduce such a trade ban.

Settlements built by Israel in the occupied West Bank are considered illegal under international law, a position Israel disputes.

Reporting attributed to Reuters. The content and timing of the announced measures have not been set out by the UK government.