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Friday, May 22, 2026
Dutch lawmakers vote to ban imports from ‘illegal Israeli settlements,’ trade minister says
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The Netherlands’ House of Representatives has voted in favor of a government-backed measure to ban importing and selling products from “illegal Israeli settlements,” Dutch Foreign Trade Minister Sjoerd Sjoerdsma announces on X.
“The cabinet is sending a strong signal to Israel — the Netherlands don’t want to contribute to maintaining” the settlements, Sjoerdsma says.
He calls on the rest of Europe to pass similar measures, noting that the International Court of Justice has ruled that Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal and that Israel has effectively annexed large parts of the territory.
Sjoerdsma links to a statement from the Dutch cabinet that indicates the ban would also apply to Israeli communities in the Golan Heights, which Israel annexed in 1981.
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