Ilayda Cakirtekin 08 September 2026•Update: 08 September 2026 Eleven European countries plus Canada announced plans on Tuesday to introduce national restrictions on trade in goods with Israeli settlements that are illegal under international law, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot announced. “Today, France, the United Kingdom, Canada, Denmark, Spain, Finland, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Poland, Portugal and…

Dutch authorities have no power to intervene in the transportation of military cargo to Israel aboard ships sailing under the Netherlands’ flag when the cargo is neither exported from nor transits through the Netherlands, Foreign Trade Minister Sjoerd Sjoerdsma said in a letter to parliament, APA reports. The document assesses the issue in the context…

The UK government is set to announce a ban on trade in goods produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, as concerns grow over continued settlement expansion and its impact on efforts to achieve a two-state solution. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband is expected to outline the proposed restrictions in Parliament on Tuesday, following…

LONDON — The UK government is to set out new restrictions on buying goods made in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank in what has been described as a broad reset of Britain’s relations with Israel on Tuesday. In an intervention that is expected to draw fierce criticism from the US and Israel, Foreign…

Britain is preparing to announce broad economic restrictions targeting Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, potentially including a ban on trade in goods produced in the communities and sanctions against companies involved in construction, The New York Times reported on Monday. According to the report, which cited seven officials briefed on the planned measures, the…

“Expel the British ambassador tonight!” Smotrich posted on X/Twitter. “The British Mandate in the Land of Israel is over.” Smotrich added that Israel would not be “a doormat trampled by an antisemitic government,” and called the UK “a country conquered by radical Islam, trying to save itself from economic and social decline by attacking Jews…

The shipping industry, already heavily constrained by restrictions on transit through key waterways such as the Strait of Hormuz, faces another challenge stemming from the US-Israel war on Iran and Russia’s war on Ukraine: a shortage of fuel oil used by ships and power plants. The fuel used by ships powers the transport of large…

Hapag-Lloyd is working with the government to improve its proposed $4.2 billion cash purchase of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services, the German shipping group said on Monday. The proposed deal has faced heavy opposition in Israel, including ZIM’s workers, Defense Minister Israel Katz and other government officials, who argue that it undermines national security by transferring…

The shipping industry, already heavily constrained by restrictions on transit through key waterways such as the Strait of Hormuz, faces another challenge stemming from the US-Israel war on Iran and Russia’s war on Ukraine: a shortage of fuel oil used by ships and power plants. The fuel used by ships powers the transport of large…