Canada Joins European Ban on Israeli Settlement Goods in Response to Rising Violence

OTTAWA — Ottawa joined European nations on Tuesday with a pledge to ban imports of goods produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Twelve Western countries announce their "intention" to impose restrictions on trade with illegal Israeli settlements, without any timetable or appropriate measures, a way of inserting into the Israeli political debate on the eve of the legislative process rather than taking concrete action for Palestinian self-determination. A group of 12 nations, including the United Kingdom, France, Spain and Canada, announced a coordinated restriction on trade in goods and products produced in Israeli settlements located in the occupied territories of the West Bank. The intergovernmental measure provides for the cessation of tariff facilities and the...