Twelve countries are set to slap sanctions on trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank, citing increasing attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinian villages in the occupied territory.

The United Kingdom, France and Canada announced plans for sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, in a coordinated move that underlined…

"The government of Israel's actions in the West Bank are undermining the possibility of a two-state solution," the 12 ministers said, referring to a plan under which two states -…