HUGE: 12 European nations announce plans to restrict trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
The measures target trade with the settlements, rather than all trade with Israel, per Euronews.
The group includes Britain, France, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.
The UK plans to ban imports of settlement goods.
The countries also condemned Israeli tenders for around 1,200 homes in a settlement area, warning the expansion threatens a two-state solution.
Israel responded by ordering the closure of the British consulate in Jerusalem and barring entry to 12 British nationals.
🚨HUGE: 12 European nations announce plans to restrict trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
The measures target trade with the settlements, rather than all trade with Israel, per Euronews.
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Britain, France and Canada move to ban settlement goods
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-announce-trade-ban-israeli-west-bank-goods-2026-09-08/
The measures target settlement goods rather than ordinary trade with Israel. Britain also plans sanctions against companies and people facilitating settlement expansion.
Israel orders British consulate in Jerusalem closed
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/08/israel-close-british-consulate-jerusalem-sanctions
Israel also barred 12 British politicians and other nationals and ended British participation in training Palestinian security forces.
12-country bloc backs restrictions on settlement trade
Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the UK say they intend to introduce or support restrictions on settlement goods.