Today, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the UK confirm their intention to introduce national and/or support European restrictions on trade in goods with settlements which are illegal under international law, or that they are actively considering these and other measures, in accordance with their national procedures. In this regard, the UK, France and Canada welcome the important action already taken by Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands, Norway and Belgium and will bring forward national measures to ban trade in settlement goods.

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[–] Seimhe@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Sigh

For gods sake, we are way past the point of just sanctioning the settlements. Sanctions like this are known to be ineffective. It is the Israeli regime that needs to be sanctioned. Anything less is performative.

they are actively considering these and other measures

Actively considering ... Should have been decades ago, and it's too little now.

[–] SGforce@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Bare fucking minimum

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And still, there is one major economy who consistently refuses to do even that bare minimum.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Two.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

If a UN resolution could steal arab land to create the nation state of israel, they can take it the fuck back and return it to Palestine.

Shit, even the bible says it was never their land. Israel was always stolen. Israel was always built on genocide.

[–] DeadEndLink@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

West bank stolen goods account for only 1% of UK trade with "Israel"

[–] abc@suppo.fi 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Does even Gaza/Hamas support a two-state solution right now? What is the status of Hamas anyway, weren't they supposed to be dismantled and replaced with something else?