Business operations in West Bank settlements inherently violate Palestinian human rights

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The United Kingdom, France and Canada announced or initiated restrictions on imports from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Foreign ministers from nine additional countries separately supported further action to protect the two-state solution, but they did not all announce identical trade prohibitions. Britain also announced sanctions against entities facilitating settlement expansion and a ban on advertising settlement property. Israel retaliated by giving Britain 30 days to close its East Jerusalem consulate, which handles relations with the Palestinians, and introduced further restrictions on British participation and officials.