Canada to Join European Ban on Israeli Settlement Goods Amid Rising Violence
Twelve countries said settlement expansion and settler violence are undermining a two-state solution and pledged new trade and sanctions measures.
- On Tuesday, Canada joined 11 European countries in pledging to ban imports of goods produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, citing concerns over illegal expansion and settler violence.
- British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband emphasized the measures target settlement expansion, not Israel, as the government seeks to preserve what he described as the 'North Star' of policy: a two-state solution.
- The United Kingdom also suspended 30 arms licenses for the IDF in Gaza, while Miliband confirmed the government will target companies providing construction, financing, or real estate services to settlements.
- Israeli President Isaac Herzog criticized the coordinated move as interference in his country's ongoing national election, while a former senior Israeli diplomat warned it could trigger a 'very harsh' response.
- Foreign ministers from the 12 nations issued a joint statement affirming their commitment to a two-state solution, aiming to prevent the erasure of Palestinian statehood prospects by changes to facts on the ground.
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France and Canada will join Britain in imposing new trade sanctions against illegal Israeli settlements on Tuesday, marking a major diplomatic success for Britain as it tries to reset its relationship with Israel, Politico reports.
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LONDON (ANP) - A group of twelve countries has announced their intention to tackle trade in goods with illegal settlements in the West Bank. Countries can take measures themselves or support them at the European level, say Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland,...
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UK, France and ten other countries to sanction trade from Israeli settlements
Twelve countries including Britain, Canada and France Tuesday said they would slap sanctions on trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank, after increasing attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinian villages in the occupied territory. British Foreign Minister Ed Miliband said Britain could no longer simply "call out" injustice and suffering, but told the House of Commons that the country now had to "act" to oppose the expansion of …
The United Kingdom, France and 10 other countries jointly announced on Tuesday a ban on trade in products manufactured in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank in the most recent round of sanctions against Israel in the midst of the country's growing diplomatic isolation. British Foreign Minister Ed Miliband said that the United Kingdom could no longer simply denounce injustice and suffering and told the House of Commons (similar to the …
Twelve nations committed by France to restrict trade in goods from Israel's settlements in response to rising violence in the region Twelve countries, including France, the United Kingdom and
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