12 Countries Including France, UK Plan Trade Sanctions From Israeli Settlements
The 12 nations said the move responds to settler violence and settlement expansion that is undermining prospects for a two-state solution.
- On Tuesday, the United Kingdom led 12 nations in announcing restrictions on trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank, citing rising violence against Palestinians in the occupied territory.
- Ministers warned that the situation is "rapidly deteriorating" due to unprecedented settler violence, while Britain reaffirmed settlements are illegal under Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
- British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced an import ban on all goods from Israeli settlements, while Denmark, France, Spain, and other nations joined the coordinated effort.
- In response, Israel ordered the closure of the British consulate in East Jerusalem and suspended British training of Palestinian Authority forces, barring 11 U.K. representatives from entering the country.
- U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee questioned the move's implications, noting that legislation in 38 states restricts government contracts involving companies that boycott Israel.
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France and the United Kingdom have announced trade measures against products from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, on the basis of intensified violence against Palestinians and the expansion of colonies. Other European states and outside the European Union support or prepare similar measures, while the British decision has provoked harsh reactions from Israeli officials, announces France24.
Twelve countries, including France, want to put an end to trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. On the spot, the inhabitants of Gush Etzion reject this name and defend their presence on these lands.
Democratic lawmakers in the US urged President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday to follow the example of the UK and European allies in sanctioning illegal Israeli settlements.Senator Chris Van Hollen said in a post on the US social media platform X that European countries are finally going beyond “Rhetoric on this issue.” Finally, some European countries are going beyond the ritual denunciation of the expansion of illegal Israeli settlem…
Up to 12 countries to impose restrictions on goods from West Bank settlements
Canada and 11 European nations have announced plans to impose trade restrictions on goods originating from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. In a joint statement, the foreign ministers of Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and Britain warned that the situation in the West Bank is deteriorating rapidly. …
London's ban on the import of goods from Jewish settlements in the West Bank will hit the British economy, said the US Ambassador to Israel, Mike Hakabi, expressing surprise at such an irrational move.
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