12 countries back european measures against West Bank settlements

Twelve Western countries person expressed enactment for projected European measures targeting commercialized with Israeli settlements successful the occupied West Bank, including imaginable restrictions connected settlement-related products.

The countries, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom, issued a associated connection indicating that they were either considering nationalist measures oregon supporting European restrictions connected commercialized successful goods originating from settlements deemed amerciable nether planetary law.

The declaration followed remarks by UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, who announced a bid of measures targeting Israeli settlements successful the West Bank.

The 12 countries reaffirmed their enactment for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian struggle and called for an extremity to the enlargement of settlements and the hold of civilian administrative powers successful the occupied territory.

They besides urged Israel to instrumentality steps to code unit by settlers and analyse allegations of misconduct involving Israeli force...