Current sectionWorld NewsEuropeIn a Le Monde letter, the former envoys urged an arms embargo, a ban on settlement trade and the suspension of EU and U.K. trade deals with Israel, warning that 'Palestine is being erased before our eyes'Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe01:49 PM • August 23 2026 IDTOver 100 former British and French ambassadors and diplomats have called for sweeping sanctions on Israel, accusing it of pursuing a "policy of occupation and destruction" and warning that "Palestine is being erased before our eyes."Trending NowAn Israeli Startup Is Reinventing Salmon Farming. It May Upend a Global IndustryIsraeli Arab Families Are Moving to Jewish Cities. Eilat Is a Case in PointDavid Remnick on Netanyahu, Mamdani and Israel's 'Failure to Face' GazaNetanyahu Rival Eisenkot Vows No Palestinian State: 'Not Now, Not in Next Gov't'As Hamas Rebuilds in Gaza, Israelis Across the Border Lose Faith in the IDFCommentsIn the NewsOver 100 Former British, French Diplomats Urge Sweeping Sanctions on IsraelIDF Officials Say Giving Police West Bank Powers Requires Formal AnnexationMark Ruffalo Rejects Paramount's Antisemitism Charge Over His Israel CriticismHow Could I Move Back to Israel?Syria's Foreign Minister Sees Israel Security Talks Resuming Despite No TrustRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIIDF Marks Detained Palestinians With Numbers as Northern West Bank Raids ExpandThe American Jewish Establishment Is Defending an Israel That No Longer ExistsIsraeli Army Orders Criminal Probes Into Killing of Hind Rajab, Gaza MedicsGo to Qusra to See What Israel Is Trying to HideI Resist Historical Comparisons. Then Israel Marks People With NumbersGermany Found Its Israeli Villain. Will It Continue to Ignore What Produced Him?