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France, UK, Canada, others end trade with West Bank settlements
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France, UK, Canada, others end trade with West Bank settlements
The decision was taken against the backdrop of an escalation in settler violence and settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank.
Rina Bassist , Jack Dutton
Sep 8, 2026
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Newly erected mobile houses set up by Israeli settlers are pictured near the Palestinian village of Umm al-Khair in the Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron, occupied West Bank, Aug. 28, 2025. — Hazem Bader/AFP via Getty
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France, the UK, Canada, Denmark, Spain, Finland, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Poland, Portugal and Sweden on Tuesday ended the trade of goods from Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.
What happened: French Foreign Minister Jean Noel-Barrot confirmed the sanctions in a post on X, explaining that the decision was taken against the backdrop of escalation in settler violence and settlement expansion and the positions taken on these issues by the Israeli government.
"Because the West Bank is on the brink of explosion: unchecked expansion of colonization in violation of international law, surge in violence perpetrated by extremist settlers against Palestinians, acts of terror denounced by the Israeli authorities themselves," Barrot said.
"This deleterious situation gravely undermines the dignity of the Palestinian people. It jeopardizes Israel's security, to which France remains steadfastly committed. It........
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