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An Al Jazeera investigation found that the UK government holds contracts worth 2.1 billion pounds with 17 companies linked to illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The report raises questions about British public procurement policy amid international criticism of settlement expansion. The findings add to ongoing scrutiny of Western governments' economic ties to the settlement enterprise, which is widely considered illegal under international law, and come amid broader debate in the UK over its policy toward Israel and the Gaza war.