Netherlands presses on with plan to ban imports from illegal Israeli settlements
by Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem from World news | The Guardian on (#71BVE)
Move follows rising Israeli violence against Palestinians and freeze on broader sanctions last month
The Netherlands is still working on legislation to bar imports from illegal settlements in occupied Palestine, even though it has paused a push for broader sanctions on Israel after last month's ceasefire deal in Gaza, the foreign minister has said during a visit to the region.
The partial ban was a response to settlement expansion and spiralling Israeli violence against Palestinians that threatened the viability of the two-state solution, David van Weel said after visiting an area in the West Bank that had been targeted by settlers.
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