Turkey calls on more nations to join trade bans on Israeli West Bank settlements
Turkey praised the recent trade bans on Israeli settlements by 12 countries and urged additional states to adopt similar measures.
Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement applauding the recent move by twelve countries, including the United Kingdom, France and Canada, to bar trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The ministry argued that Israel’s ongoing settlement expansion is eroding prospects for a two-state solution and has become a systematic policy of occupation that endangers the existence of a Palestinian state, with settler violence reaching the level of ethnic cleansing.
Ankara urged other nations to replicate these restrictions as a firm response to the occupation and to help secure a durable peace in the region. The statement highlighted the settlements as illegal and called for broader international action. No further details were provided about additional countries considering similar bans.
How this story developed
- Sep 7 UK Foreign Secretary announces sanctions on West Bank settlements, sparking backlash from Jewish leaders and Tories
- Sep 7 Britain plans to introduce extensive economic restrictions on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including a trade ban on settlement-produced goods.
- Sep 8 The UK government announced a fast‑track plan to ban imports from Israeli settlements.
- Sep 8 Israel closed the UK consulate in East Jerusalem and barred British MPs and officials from entering Israel.
- Sep 8 US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee suggested the Trump administration could retaliate against Britain over its new trade sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements.
- Sep 8 Canada and a dozen European countries announced coordinated bans on settlement products.
- Sep 9 UK joined eleven other countries in imposing a ban on West Bank settlement products.
- Sep 9 The sanctions were announced immediately before the start of Rosh Hashanah.
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