Up to 12 countries to impose restrictions on goods from West Bank settlements
In London, British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced a package of measures against the settlements before the House of Commons, asserting that his government acknowledges the existence of ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in parts of the West Bank—a situation the Israeli government has frequently turned a blind eye to.
Wisam Hashlamoun/Anadolu/Getty Images Canada and 11 European nations have announced plans to impose trade restrictions on goods originating from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Britain announced a ban on the import of settlement products and the imposition of “maximum legal sanctions” against the settlements and those involved with them, amidst a sharp escalation in tensions with Tel Aviv—a situation that even led Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to call for the expulsion of the British ambassador.
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