The UK, alongside 12 countries, announced new trade sanctions on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank between September 2 and September 26, 2026. Earlier in September, Israel threatened to close the UK's consulate in Jerusalem, a move UK legal advisors said Israel had no right to execute.
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The government has announced a trade ban between the UK and Israeli settlements: here's what you need to know.
British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband told the House of Commons last week the UK needs “a comprehensive reset of our policy” when it comes to the West Bank.
Will Canada synchronize its Trade policy with the U.K. and ban trade and services with Israeli occupation outposts in Palestine? www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-anno... New measures are expected to prohibit any investment in illegal Israeli settlement businesses
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s government is expected to ban trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank on Tuesday as he seeks to adopt a stronger policy on an issue that’s important to his governing Labour Party but may anger US President Donald Trump.
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Move expected to be announced by foreign secretary on Tuesday set to draw fierce criticism from the US and Israel
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband is expected to outline proposals targeting goods from Israeli-occupied areas on Tuesday.
UK to announce a trade ban on Israeli West Bank goods Reuters
LONDON, Sept 8 - Britain will announce a trade ban on goods made in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank later on Tuesday, confirmed a senior minister, as part of the UK's efforts to support a two-state solution.
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Britain is set to announce restrictions on trade in goods made in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, with Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband due to outline the measures in the House of Commons on Tuesday in what he has called a reset of UK policy toward Israel [ft.com#1][al-monitor.com#1][theguardian.com#1][bbc.co.uk#1][independent.co.uk#2][ynetnews.com#1]. Pensions Minister Pat McFadden co
By Sarah Young and Alexander Cornwell LONDON/TEL AVIV, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Britain will announce a trade ban on goods made in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank later on Tuesday, a senior minister said, framed as a step up in UK support for a two-state solution. The U.S. is likely to strongly oppose Britain's intervention, and some in Israel have already reacted angrily with Finance Mini
By Sarah Young, Alexander Cornwell and Elizabeth Piper LONDON/TEL AVIV, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Britain on Tuesday announced a trade ban on goods made in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank in coordination with France and Canada, the latest sanctions to target Israel as it faces growing diplomatic isolation. British Foreign Minister Ed Miliband said Britain could no longer simply "call out" i
UK foreign secretary to reassert support for Palestinian rights and a two-state solution in move drawing criticism from US and Israel Good morning. It is hard to understand Labour/leftwing politics in the UK at the moment without reference to Israel and Gaza. Keir Starmer’s popularity with some progressive voters slumped in part because he was seen as unwilling to do enough to channel the anger th
The UK government is due to announce sanctions on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, a minister has indicated
U.S. ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee says there will “without a doubt” be a U.S. reaction if the UK imposes expected trade sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank. He told the BBC the measures could have a “huge economic impact on British businesses”, with some potentially “banned” from operating in a number of U.S. states.
Britain plans to ban goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Ed Miliband to reassert support for Palestinian rights and a two-state solution in move fiercely criticised by US and Israel
UK to announce trade ban on goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
UK government will ban goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank in a toughening of its stance AP News
The decision was taken against the backdrop of an escalation in settler violence and settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank.
In strongest condemnation ever by UK government, Ed Miliband announces sweeping sanctions on trade with Israeli settlements UK politics live – latest updates Israeli “terrorists” are conducting ethnic cleansing in the West Bank with the tacit backing of the government, the UK foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, has said as he announced sweeping sanctions, alongside France and Canada, on trade with Isr
The U.K. government says France and Canada will join it in banning goods from Israeli West Bank settlements. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said Tuesday that the countries are part of an international coalition. He said that Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Poland,…
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said the measures were in response to what he called "settler terrorism" in the occupied territories. The measures are part of the UK's efforts to support a two-state solution.
Britain, France and Canada will ban imports from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, in a move that prompted a swift retaliation and could spark a broader geopolitical storm.
Britain announces a ban on goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, prompting warnings of US repercussions and an angry response from Israel.
The UK has banned goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank, saying settlers are conducting “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians.
Britain has announced a trade ban on goods made in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank in coordination with France and Canada, the latest sanctions to target Israel as it faces growing diplomatic isolation. British Foreign Minister Ed Miliband on Tuesday said London could no longer simply “call out” injustice and suffering, but told the House of Commons that the country now had to “act”
UK Accuses Israeli Settlers of Ethnic Cleansing, Imposes Sweeping Sanctions Ed Miliband accused Israeli settler terrorists of ethnically cleansing Palestinians in the occupied West Bank as he blamed the Israeli government for failing to intervene. READ MORE
The U.K. government says that that it s banning trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank where it says settler terrorists are carrying out ethnic cleansing of Palestinians
This comes ahead of the UK's expected announcement on Tuesday of a trade ban with 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 coun
U.S. officials have warned the U.K. of potential economic consequences if it moves ahead with sanctions targeting Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
Britain announces a ban on goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, prompting warnings of US repercussions and an angry response from Israel. n.pr/4xLExyA
The British government has recognised the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, declared the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory illegal and announced both comprehensive sanctions on Israeli settlements and a ban on all arms licences and other exports that "materially contribute to the occupation." France and Canada will also ban trade in settlement goods today, marki
In the strongest condemnation ever issued by a UK government, Ed Miliband said it would take the official position that Israel’s occupation of the West Bank was unlawful in its entirety. The sanctions imposed include bans on goods from illegal settlements and adverts for land on the settlements will also be prohibited. Miliband said the measures would take up to nine months to come into effect UK
British foreign minister Ed Miliband accused the Israeli government on Tuesday of turning a "blind eye" to what he called "ethnic cleansing" by settlers in the West Bank. Miliband told parliament the UK government would introduce "an import ban on goods from illegal settlements in the occupied territories", in a move coordinated with other countries. Jordana Miller, ABC correspondent in Jerusalem,
Foreign Minister Ed Miliband said the ban represents a 'comprehensive reset' of UK's policy on Israel.
The UK government announced a trade ban on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank in response to Israeli plans to open tenders for the construction of 1,200 new settler homes in the territory. Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, says Britain will “without a doubt” face repercussions over the sanctions and accused Labour of “discrimination against the Israeli government”.
The UK has announced a trade ban on goods made in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Palestinians strongly back a ban on settlement goods, but Israel's government says it is a "big mistake".
British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband also accused "settler terrorists" of "ethnic cleansing" in areas of the West Bank and said the UK was bringing in an "import ban on goods from illegal settlements."
British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband accused the Israeli government on Tuesday of turning a "blind eye" to what he called "ethnic cleansing" by settlers in the West Bank as the UK joined France and ten other countries in banning imports from Israeli settlements in the occupied territory. The decision comes amid rising violence over settlement expansion. Follow our liveblog for the latest.
British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced a ban on trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
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Israeli foreign minister Gideon Saar unveiled the counter-measures in response to sanctions on illegal West Bank settlements
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the US will ‘obviously not’ follow the UK in sanctioning illegal Israeli settlements
Britain, France and Canada said Tuesday they will ban imports from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, with a UK minister accusing Israel of turning a blind eye to the "ethnic cleansing" of Palestinians there. The moves prompted a furious Israel to unveil immediate counter-measures targeting Britain. The trio of Western allies revealed the trade curbs in response to Israel's West Bank s
PA Ambassador to the UK Husam Zomlot praised Britain's settlement trade ban as a "turning point" and called for further sanctions, including an arms embargo on Israel.
A look at whether Ed Miliband’s plans will be effective and what they signal for future Israel-UK relations The British foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, has announced plans for an import ban on goods for illegal settlements in occupied Palestine and sanctions for companies that “finance or facilitate” the construction, infrastructure and marketing of illegal settlements. He also said “settler terro
Canada, France and the United Kingdom on Tuesday announced a joint ban on imported goods from Israeli settlements in what they called a “turning point” in the efforts to reach a two-state solution in the region. “One year ago, we recognized the State of Palestine,” the nations wrote in a statement. “The time has come...
Twelve countries, including Britain, Canada and France, said on Tuesday that they would impose sanctions on trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank, following an increase in attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinian villages in the occupied territory.
The governments of 12 countries have now endorsed sanctions on Israeli settlements in the West Bank while affirming support for a two-state solution.
Israel's response to London's trade ban with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank shows how important this moment is.
Britain, France and Canada said Tuesday they would block imports from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, citing settlement expansion and settler violence as threats to a two-state solution [japantoday.com#1][pbs.org#1][france24.com#2]. A wider group of 12 countries, including Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden, said they would introduce natio
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France and Canada joined the UK in announcing trade sanctions on Israel’s West Bank settlements, widening a geopolitical rift between Israel and its allies.
Penny Wong has concerns about blanket ban announced by UK, France and Canada, but says new ‘targeted measures’ planned over Israeli settlers Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia is preparing another round of sanctions against Israel, but has stopped short of joining the UK in banning trade with Israeli settlem
But Israel’s ambassador has applauded Australia for declining to join the UK-led push to crack down on imports from West Bank settlements.
The Trump administration did not oppose a UK-led move to sanction Israeli settlers and entities involved in expanding West Bank settlements, according to U.S. officials and Western diplomats. British Prime Minister Andy Burnham briefed President Trump before the announcement. Trump did not object or ask the UK to change course. U.S. officials also told Britain they shared concerns about Israel’s W
In today’s newsletter: Ed Miliband has announced the strongest statement on Israel’s actions ever issued by the the UK government, but will it make a meaningful difference to Palestinians? Good morning. For almost half a century, British governments have condemned illegal Israeli settlements, acknowledging they represent an obstacle to peace and threaten the prospect of a two-state solution. And y
UK foreign secretary ‘regrets’ Israel’s response to ban on trade with illegal settlements but ‘proud’ of his actions UK accuses Israeli ‘terrorists’ of ethnic cleansing in West Bank with government backing Good morning. Yesterday Ed Miliband , the foreign secretary, made what may turn out to be one of the most important Commons statements of the year. Here is our overnight report by Pippa Crerar,
Britain, France and Canada said Tuesday they will ban imports from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, with a UK minister accusing Israel of turning a blind eye to the "ethnic cleansing" of Palestinians there. The moves prompted a furious Israel to unveil immediate counter-measures targeting Britain, as Jerusalem-based journalist Jordana Miller reports.
UK bans imports from illegal Israeli settlements in a strong policy move after recognising a Palestinian state last year.
Over a year, the UK imported just £6m ($8.1m) in goods recorded as Palestinian, including Israeli settlement goods.
UK government defends decision to ban trade with Israeli settlements AP News
British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has defended the decision to ban trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
A diplomatic rift grows between the UK and Israel after Britain led a ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements
UK foreign secretary says international community including US shares ‘frustration’ at Israel’s failure to constrain illegal settlers British intelligence has been given assurances by its Israeli counterpart that information sharing with the UK will continue as before, Ed Miliband, the foreign secretary has said. The disclosure counters predictions that his decision to impose a ban on trade with i
Britain has said it will have nothing more from Israeli settlement businesses like Psagot winery in the occupied West Bank. But on Wednesday, as the clink of bottles mingled with chatter from customers, some armed with automatic weapons, the owners were defiant. Britain a day before led allies in a ban on exports from Israeli settlements in the West Bank, which are illegal under international law,
The policy shift followed a joint statement issued on Tuesday by Prime Minister Mark Carney alongside international leaders confirming plans to introduce restrictions on trade with settlements.
The US president seemed unusually hesitant to elaborate on the joint sanctions from Britain, Canada and France
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham defended a ban on trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank
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Palestinian officials in Ramallah told the 'Post' that the UK's decision to ban trade with Israeli settlements was a 'significant political achievement.'
The statement comes amid heightened tensions between Israel and the United Kingdom following new British measures targeting Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
Israel’s international isolation is growing this week after the United Kingdom, Canada and France all announced they would move to restrict trade with settlements in the occupied West Bank. Tellingly, it’s not yet clear how hard the Trump administration will fight back on Israel’s behalf. The British government, helmed by newly installed Prime Minister Andy...
The United Kingdom announced it would ban imports from Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, restrict services linked to them and sanction individuals and entities tied to settlement expansion. Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden also said they would impose, support or consider trade restrictions on settlement goods
Israel’s international isolation is growing this week after the United Kingdom, Canada and France all announced they would move to restrict trade with settlements in the occupied West Bank. Tellingly, it’s not yet clear how hard the Trump administration will fight back on Israel’s behalf.
The UK’s new sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements will apply to the occupied Golan Heights and East Jerusalem, as well as the West Bank. The Golan Heights, Syrian territory occupied by Israel since 1967 and later annexed, is not internationally recognised as Israeli territory. Source: MEE
The United Kingdom plans to extend its new sanctions regime targeting Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank to settlements in occupied East Jerusalem and Syria’s Golan Heights, British government sources told Middle East Eye. The measures would ban imports from targeted settlements, restrict financial and banking services connected to them, and impose additional sanctions on settlers and e
It was forthright, it was clear, it was unequivocal - ethnic cleansing of Palestinians is being carried out in the West Bank by Israel. The formal position of the UK government now is that the occupation of the West Bank is illegal, and must end, writes Sean Whelan.
> Kaja Kallas called for European governments to take a 'principled stance' to back a ban on trade from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/eu-foreign-policy-chief-says-israeli-settlements-should-be-treated-russian-occupied-crimea --- Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single
In Canada, the punishment for being found trading with Israeli settlements is up to five years under the nation's Special Economic Measures Act. In the UK, the punishment is up to 10 years.
More than 130 counsels and KCs sign letter to PM saying international law requires further measures to stop illegal settlements More than 130 legal experts, including 18 king’s counsel (KCs), have written to Andy Burnham saying that sanctions on Israeli settlements “fall far short” of Britain’s obligations under the international court of justice’s (ICJ’s) finding that the occupation is unlawful.
Source: Trade ban threatens to unleash a Pandora's box of boycotts around world, with businesses, banks and others staying away from all of Israel rather than trying to untangle penalties
Israeli — uk legal experts call for broader trade restrictions on israeli settlements #UK #Israeli #News Legal experts in the uk have called on the government to expand its trade restrictions on goods from israeli settlements in the occupied palestinian territories. the current ban, introduced in 2022, p… · Photo : tedeytan · CC BY-SA · Flickr
Julie Norman on why the #UK needs to ban trade from illegal Israeli settlements. #intLaw www.chathamhouse.org/2026/09/bann... It would be a natural extension of current UK positions, and parliament’s cross-party Foreign Affairs Committee has recommended a formal ban for over a year.
The majority (91%) also expressed concern about IDF operations in the West Bank, while 60% reported a low or very low sense of personal security.
Speakers noted that Israel’s assault on Palestinians is escalating across Gaza and the West Bank, and yet Albanese and foreign minister Penny Wong refuse to ban trade with illegal West Bank settlements, as Britain, Canada and France are doing. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1462/ne... Speakers at the Palestine Action Group-called protest demanded that the Anthony Albanese government sanction Israel and
European diplomats say they were surprised and disappointed that Australia baulked at joining a UK-led move to impose trade sanctions on West Bank Israeli businesses.
“It is an accelerated and explicit phase in an ongoing project of elimination that operates within the Israeli apartheid regime and is driven by a settler-colonial logic of dispossession, displacement, and the establishment of Jewish-Israeli sovereignty.” www.cbc.ca/news/world/w... Rights groups say the Israeli government is forging ahead with a contentious settlement expansion plan that would eff
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Australia Drops Support for Sanctions on Israeli Settlements in Occupied West Bank Ahead of Joint Statement https://commons.now/link/australia-drops-support-for-sanctions-on-israeli-settlements-in-occupied-west #Israel #Sanctions #Westbank Australia Drops Support for Sanctions on Israeli Settlements in Occupied West Bank Ahead of Joint Statement
A major point of tension between the UK and Israel was a disputed conversation between British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband and Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar over the E1 settlement project in the West Bank. British officials said they left an Aug. 11 phone call believing Gideon Sa’ar had indicated that Israel would not open construction bids for E1 before Israel’s October elections. A wee
20 Sept.: "the Israeli army closed two checkpoints in the northern West Bank, preventing 104 Palestinian teachers from reaching schools, thereby disrupting education for approximately 1,100 students." www.malaymail.com/news/world/2... Netanyahu war crimes #UN #humanrights security #law RAMALLAH, Sept 20 — The Israeli army has closed two checkpoints in the northern West Bank, preventing more than 1
www.declassifieduk.org/the-uk-chari... Exclusive: Six British charities appear to funnel donations to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank
MPs send out letter as Israeli government seeks bids for construction of large E1 settlement in West Bank British banks and financial institutions are receiving written warnings from MPs that they should not invest in Israel’s E1 settlement project even though new UK laws banning trade with illegal settlements are unlikely to be in place for months. A letter was sent to banks on Tuesday by the all
British premier defends sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in West Bank www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260922-bri... British Premier Andy Burnham has called for action over illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, warning that failure to act could further undermine trust in politics and make a two-state solu…
Trump has so far declined to intervene against UK-led sanctions targeting Israeli settlements in the West Bank, despite Israel asking Washington for help. Rubio initially suggested the U.S. might respond, but two weeks later no action had been taken. Source: The Times of Israel
WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM, Sept 23 - In early September, US officials in Jerusalem and Washington prepared a draft statement attributed to Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemning plans by the UK, France and Canada to block imports from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
The U.S. drafted but never released a statement condemning UK, France and Canada over plans to restrict imports from Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The September 8 draft, reportedly pushed by an aide to U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, accused the countries’ actions of contributing to antisemitism and compared them to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. The statement was
By Humeyra Pamuk and Alexander Cornwell WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM, Sept 23 (Reuters) - In early September, US officials in Jerusalem and Washington prepared a draft statement attributed to Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemning plans by the UK, France and Canada to block imports from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Netanyahu tells colonialism accusers in UK that Britain ‘invented the term’ Leopards are eating the British carcass after Balfour sold out Palestine to the radical Zionist… Remember UK literally invented Israel… can’t imagine what Israeli think of America if they didn’t have to cow tail to USA… The UK Government has announced a trade ban on illegal West Bank settlements, sparking a diplomatic spat
GENEVA, Sept 25 - The United Nations human rights office issued a list on Friday adding 61 more companies operating in Israeli West Bank settlements, which the global body considers illegal.
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Israeli settlers have intensified efforts to seize natural springs and heritage sites in the occupied West Bank.
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Earlier this month, 12 countries announced new trade sanctions on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank amid what they called a "rapidly deteriorating" situation marked by increasing settler attacks on Palestinians.
Israel is revoking the diplomatic status of Dutch diplomats in Ramallah after the Netherlands imposed a ban on imports and trade involving products from the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. Foreign Minister Sa’ar told the Dutch Embassy that the diplomats must return their Israeli-issued diplomatic documents within seven days, after which their immunities and related rights will exp
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Former attorney general Dominic Grieve says Israel is not entitled to shut mission in occupied Palestinian territory UK politics live – latest updates Israel does not have a legal right to act on its plan to close the British consulate in East Jerusalem, the former attorney general Dominic Grieve has advised the UK Foreign Office. Israel has said it intends to shut the consulate on 8 October in re