Canada, Britain and France say they will ban the trade of goods with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The U.K. is going a step further by implementing fresh sanctions and saying it will take additional action against companies and individuals that support settlement expansion.

The United Kingdom has banned trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, where it says “settler terrorists” are carrying out “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said that the measures were “specifically targeted at the expansion of these settlements, which are illegal under international law, in the West…

New development heaps international pressure on Israel over its settlement expansion

Britain’s trade ban is expected to have little impact on £6bn bilateral trade