UK implements restrictions on trade to Israeli settlements in West Bank

The United Kingdom announced new trade restrictions against Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including banning imports from these settlements. UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband stated that the UK considers the occupation of Palestine unlawful and is taking measures such as banning settlement-related imports, restricting services that support settlement activities, and prohibiting advertising of settlement properties. These actions represent recent international efforts to oppose Israeli communities in Palestinian territories.


The United Kingdom announced new trade restrictions Tuesday on Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including a ban on imports from the settlements, marking the latest international move against the Israeli communities in Palestinian territories.

“Today, we’re calling out the occupation of Palestine as unlawful,” Ed Miliband, the U.K.’s Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, said Tuesday. “We’re banning the import of goods from illegal settlements. We’re taking action on services to target those who finance, facilitate, or construct new settlements, and we’re banning advertising of settlement properties and land.”

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