Britain will ban goods and some services linked to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The move sharpens pressure on Israel and underlines UK support for a two-state solution.

The move follows weeks of increasing attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinian villages in the illegally occupied territory that some western governments fear threatens the two-state solution.

The UK is facing criticism from the US and Israel over plans for sanctions on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

A British product ban would likely have a limited impact on trade between the countries, but the measures go well beyond previous related sanctions. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

UK is set to ban trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank as settler expansion and violence intensify.