France, UK to join 10 other countries in banning goods from Israeli West Bank settlements

Cover image: Israeli settlers arrive to confront left-wing activists at an Israeli outpost in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian village of Jannatah, just south of the city of Bethlehem on August 25, 2026. © Ilia Yefimovich, AFP

France is preparing to introduce a ban on products from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, Foreign Minister Jean-Noël ​Barrot said on Tuesday, following a wave of settler violence in recent days that has further undermined prospects for a two-state solution with the Palestinians. France has joined the UK and ten other countries in announcing the trade ban on goods, and some services, from Israeli settlements.

France will launch a process to ban products from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, Foreign Minister Jean-Noël ​Barrot said on Tuesday, amid rising settler violence that has further undermined prospects for a two-state solution with the Palestinians.