In September 2026, Belgium, Canada, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, and the United Kingdom announced measures – including criminalization – restricting trade and provision of services with Israelis including the Old City of Jerusalem and Israeli-controlled areas beyond the 1949 Armistice Lines. This significant expansion of governmental BDS against Israel is not sui generis and is not merely a response to contemporary Israeli policies in the West Bank. Rather, the governments are acquiescing to more than a decade of sustained NGO campaigning, political advocacy, and coalition-building by anti-Israel activists. Much like earlier initiatives demanding product labelling, the campaign for a ban on settlement goods is being pursued as a stepping stone for a total boycott of Israel.
A major milestone was the 2012 Trading Away Peace campaign, where a coalition of 22 NGOs established the basis for subsequent advocacy in Europe and Canada.
More recently, coordinated initiatives including #StopTradeWithSettlements and Don’t Buy into Occupation have further consolidated this advocacy across national borders, linking NGOs around common policy demands and pressuring governments and parliamentarians. Many of the organizations receive taxpayer funding from the very governments they are targeting.
This report examines the NGOs behind these efforts, their coalitions and networks, and the lobbying strategies through which BDS restrictions have gained traction across multiple countries.
Belgium
Broederlijk Delen (Donors include Belgium and European Union)
Intal (Donors include Belgium)
Member of the Don’t Buy Into Occupation campaign.
In February 2025, Intal signed a letter addressed to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, calling for a “ban [on] all trade and business between the EU and Israel’s illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), including East Jerusalem.”
Viva Salud (Donors include Belgium)
Participated in the campaign “#StopTradeWithSettlements.”
Supports the “Made in Illegality” campaign. The campaign’s demands include banning Belgian and French imports of all “settlement products,” discouraging Belgian and French companies “from investing in settlements,” and preparing information for travelers “to ensure that they avoid supporting companies and tourist sites that are located in the settlements.”
In October 2023, Viva Salud organized a protest in Brussels that called for “Belgium and the EU [to] sever all ties with the Israeli settlements, all of which contribute to the dispossession of the Palestinian people, which means at the very least banning all trade with them.”
Canada
On August 21, 2026, Global Affairs Canada (GAC) issued an advisory opinion that “strongly advise[d] Canadian businesses against engaging in economic and financial activities associated with Israeli settlements.”
Amnesty International Canada
In June 2026, Amnesty International Canada was a signatory on a letter to Minister Anand and Minister Sidhu calling “to ban all trade and business between Canada and Israel’s illegal settlements, as necessary for Canada to comply with international law.”
In May 2019, representatives of Amnesty Canada, along with former UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory Michael Lynk, testified at the the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade calling for a ban on imports of goods from the settlements.
In January 2018, Amnesty International Canada launched a campaign, including a petition, “call[ing] on Canada to prevent the import of settlement goods.”
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) (Funding is non-transparent)
In June 2026, CJPME was a signatory on a letter to Minister Anand and Minister Sidhu calling “to ban all trade and business between Canada and Israel’s illegal settlements, as necessary for Canada to comply with international law.”
In June 2026, CJPME commissioned a national survey that claimed to “reveal[] that a majority of Canadians support reforming Canada’s trade policy with Israel, with respondents differing on whether to remove trade benefits from Israel’s illegal settlements in Palestine or cancel the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA) outright.”
In September 2023, CJPME published a report titled, “Annexing Palestine Through Trade: CIFTA and the Occupied Palestinian Territories” that called on Canada to “Ban trade with settlements altogether.”
In March 2023, CJPME sent a letter to Canada’s then-Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly calling on Canada to “Prohibit trade and all dealings with businesses and entities related to Israeli settlements and annexation in the OPT, including a ban on the import of goods from settlements and an asset freeze on individuals involved in settlement activity and acts of annexation.”
In January 2022, the “Inter-Parliamentary Task Force to Promote Palestinian Human Rights,” of which CJPME is a member, convened to “explore[] options to ban goods from illegal Israeli settlements.” CJPME’s representative stated that “We hope that Canadian MPs will be inspired from today’s meeting and will initiate measures to finally ban trade with Israeli settlements.”
Canadian Friends Service Committee of Quakers (CFSC Quakers)
In May 2019, representatives of CFSC Quakers testified at the the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade along with former UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory Michael Lynk, calling for a ban on imports of goods from the settlements.
CFSC Quakers’ website states that “We encourage Canadian Friends, individually and corporately, to boycott products of illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, including those wrongly labelled as ‘made in Israel’.”
Just Peace Advocates (Funding is non-transparent)
In June 2026, Just Peace Advocates was a signatory on a letter to Minister Anand and Minister Sidhu calling “to ban all trade and business between Canada and Israel’s illegal settlements, as necessary for Canada to comply with international law.”
In February 2026, Just Peace Advocates launched “a parliamentary petition, with the support of MP Salma Zahid” demanding that Canada “Implement comprehensive diplomatic and economic sanctions on Israel, a two-way arms embargo, and a ban on trade that sustains the occupation…”
In March 2020, Just Peace Advocates partnered with Al Haq in “Call[ing] on Canada to Ban Israeli Settlement Products and Services Entirely.”
Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) (Funding is non-transparent)
In June 2026, IJV was a signatory on a letter to Minister Anand and Minister Sidhu calling “to ban all trade and business between Canada and Israel’s illegal settlements, as necessary for Canada to comply with international law.”
In May 2022, IJV applauded “a ruling released by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Friday which declares that it is false to label wines produced in illegal Israeli settlements as ‘Product of Israel.’ IJV also stated that “At a time when thousands of Canadians as well as the federal NDP are calling for settlement goods to be banned outright–the absolute least that can be done is for the CFIA to make sure that these products are accurately labelled.”
National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) (Donors include Canada)
Following the August 21, 2026 advisory opinion, NCCM published an Instagram post stating that “NCCM and the community worked for months to push Canada to act against illegal Israeli settlements.” NCCM added that “now, we need to push for a total ban on all settlement products. We’re looking for 1,000 monthly donors giving $50/month to help sustain this work — from pushing elected officials to organizing our community to advancing research.”
In March 2026, representatives of NCCM spoke at a news conference on Parliament Hill, “call[ing] on the Canadian government to ban the import of products originating from Israeli settlements in the West Bank.”
In February 2026, NCCM published a “Report on the Expansion of Illegal Israeli Settlements,” claiming that “it is time for Canada to ban all imports produced within illegal Israeli settlements.”
Oxfam Canada (Donors include Canada)
Oxfam Quebec (Donors include Canada)
United Church of Canada (UCC) (Donors include Canada)
In June 2026, UCC was a signatory on a letter to Minister Anand and Minister Sidhu calling “to ban all trade and business between Canada and Israel’s illegal settlements, as necessary for Canada to comply with international law.”
In 2016, UCC lobbied the Canadian government in “support for exclusion of settlement products from Canada-Israeli Free Trade Agreement.”
France
Association France Palestine Solidarité (AFPS) (Donors include France)
Member of the Don’t Buy Into Occupation campaign.
Participated in the campaign “#StopTradeWithSettlements”
In June 2026, AFPS urged France to “ban trade with Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine.”
In December 2023, AFPS published a “list of products, services and companies that AFPS encourages boycotting due to their proven links to the Israeli apartheid regime and its crimes against the Palestinian people.”
In October 2019, AFPS launched a campaign against supposedly “complicit tourism agencies” such as Airbnb and TripAdvisor, demanding “ethical tourism” and to “remove accommodation in Israeli settlements.”
CCFD-Terre Solidaire (Donors include France and the European Union)
FIDH (Donors include European Union, Sweden, France, Ireland, Spain, Finland, and Bread for the World-Germany)
Plateforme des ONG Françaises pour la Palestine (PFP) (Donors include France)
PFP has been spearheading the political campaign to ban products from Israel since at least 2013.
Member of the Don’t Buy Into Occupation campaign
Participated in the campaign “#StopTradeWithSettlements”
Together with the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) coordinates the “Made in Illegality” campaign in France. The campaign’s demands include banning French import of all “settlement products,” discouraging French companies “from investing in settlements,” and preparing information for travelers “to ensure that they avoid supporting companies and tourist sites that are located in the settlements.”
In July 2026, PFP, together with multiple French NGOs, published a joint statement to support a French parliamentary bill that would prohibit commercial relations with Israeli settlements.
On June 25, 2026, PFP promoted an advocacy campaign calling on people in France to contact their elected representatives to support legislation aimed at banning trade in products from Israeli settlements.
In 2023 and 2024, PFP lobbied the French parliaments, government, and relevant ministries to “Enshrine in French or European law or regulatory frameworks a ban on trade in products from Israeli settlements, in accordance with international humanitarian law.”
Ireland
For a decade, Irish NGOs have been advocating for the “Occupied Territories Bill,” which would ban the import and sale of goods and services purportedly originating in Israeli communities in the West Bank. Originally drafted in 2016 by an NGO and launched in 2018, the “Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories)” proposed criminal penalties of up to five years in prison and fines of up to €250,000 for Irish citizens and residents to import or sell “settlement goods” or to provide or attempt to provide “settlement services.” Among many other absurd outcomes, Irish citizens who visit the Jewish Quarter and buy a souvenir to bring back to Ireland, study the Bible, or pray at the Kotel would face jail time and fines.
Christian Aid Ireland (Donors include Ireland and European Union)
Participated in the campaign “#StopTradeWithSettlements.”
Member of The Campaign to Pass the Occupied Territories Bill.
In January 2025, Christian Aid Ireland called on the UK and Ireland to impose a “ban on any trade and investment with illegal Israeli settlements, built on Palestinian land.”
In 2018, co-drafted the Irish “Control of Economic Activity (Occupied territories)” bill.
Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) (Donors include Canada, Open Society Foundation)
In April 2026, GLAN was a signatory on statement demanding that the “UK must take steps to identify and prevent all forms of support – financial, commercial, trade, diplomatic, and military – that aid or assist in the maintenance of Israel’s unlawful occupation, including by banning trade with, and investment in, illegal settlements.”
In March 2026, GLAN sent a letter to the UK government demanding “UK Government ban imports of goods from Israel’s illegal settlements.”
In September 2025, GLAN published the joint report “Trading with Illegal Settlements: How Foreign States and Corporations Enable Israel’s Illegal Settlement Enterprise.”
In June 2025, GLAN, alongside Sadaka, and Al-Haq launched legal actions against “Airbnb’s listing in Israel’s illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Palestinian refugee properties appropriated during the Nakba.”
Oxfam Ireland (Donors include Ireland and European Union)
Member of The Campaign to Pass the Occupied Territories Bill.
In March 2024, Oxfam Ireland sent a submission to the Oireachtas, calling on the Government to pull its investment from Israeli settlements. According to the submission, “Oxfam Ireland fully supports this bill as a means of ensuring a speedy divestment and to make it publicly clear to companies operating in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) that no Irish taxpayers’ money will go towards the continued degradation of Palestinian life.”
Sadaka Ireland (Funding is non-transparent)
Member of The Campaign to Pass the Occupied Territories Bill.
In June 2025, Sadaka, alongside Al-Haq and the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN), launched legal actions against “Airbnb’s listing in Israel’s illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Palestinian refugee properties appropriated during the Nakba.”
In April 2024, Sadaka tweeted, “Anatomy of a genocide. Time to act against this genocidal state. How? Remove our money from their banks, divest from enterprises complicit in illegal settlements and pass the Occupied Territories bill to end trade with settlements.”
In 2018, Sadaka “developed” the “Control of Economic Activity (Occupied territories)” bill.
Trocaire (Donors include Ireland, United Kingdom, European Union, Sweden, United States, Australia, and the United Nations)
Member of the Don’t Buy Into Occupation campaign.
Member of The Campaign to Pass the Occupied Territories Bill.
Signatory to “Trading Away Peace” report.
In July 2026, Trocaire stated it “has worked alongside civil society partners for many years to push for the Occupied Territories Bill since it was put forward by Senator Frances Black in the Seanad eight years ago. We have mobilised public support, and ensured the voices and accounts of Palestinians living under occupation are heard by policymakers.”
In June 2025, Trocaire issued a statement claiming, “The Occupied Territories Bill should have been passed in 2018 when first introduced by Senator Frances Black. Passing the bill is only a first step in the face of the situation in Palestine. We need to act with the urgency the situation deserves…If Ireland passes this bill, we will be the first Western country to ban trade with Israel’s illegal settlements. This would be historic, and pave the way for other countries to follow us.”
In October 2024, Trocaire called on Ireland to “take a stronger stance; to put pressure on Israel with economic sanctions, [and] to enact the Occupied Territories Bill.”
Netherlands
Parliamentary Debates and Legislation:
In September 2026, a debate on the “Temporary Sanctions Decree concerning unlawful Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories” took place in the Dutch House of Representatives. The debate included proposals to expand sanctions to services and investments, which the government committed to further exploring.
In July 2026, the Cabinet announced the “Temporary Sanctions Decree,” establishing an import ban on goods originating from Israeli settlements. Since September 22, 2026, when the legislation went into effect, Israeli travellers have reported “thorough bag checks at Schiphol Airport.”
In July 2025, a motion “regarding a trade ban on products and services to and from illegal Israeli settlements” was rejected. It received 55 votes in favor.
NGO advocacy has fed directly into parliamentary scrutiny over the years.
Amnesty International Netherlands (Donors include the Netherlands, Postcode Loterij and ASN Bank)
In February 2026, Amnesty International Netherlands co-published an op-ed in the Dutch newspaper Het Parool arguing that the “Jetten Cabinet must focus on a broad ban on economic ties with illegal settlements.”
European Legal Support Center (ELSC) (Funding is non-transparent)
Member of the Don’t Buy Into Occupation campaign.
ELSC has provided legal research and support to European organizations seeking to prohibit trade with Israeli settlements.
In February 2025, ELSC stated that the District Court of The Hague “accepted the State’s so-called ‘discouragement policy’ toward trade with illegal Israeli settlements but failed to evaluate its actual effectiveness. This decision contrasts with the July 2024 ICJ advisory opinion, which called on all nations, to take active measures to end trade and investment relations that sustain illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT).”
As of October 2025, ELSC is a plaintiff in a lawsuit seeking “a ban on all Dutch trade and investment relations that help maintain the illegal occupation, racial segregation, and colonisation,” claiming that “[any] economic dealing with companies that operate in Israeli settlements is illegal.”
In February 2022, ELSC co-launched the European Citizens Initiative (ECI) that aims “to stop trade with illegal settlements in occupied territories.”
In April 2021, ELSC “assisted” Dutch NGO DocP in a legal campaign to “correctly label products that were made in illegal Israeli settlements and to stop their import and sale in The Netherlands.”
Oxfam Novib (Donors include European Union, Sweden, Netherlands, and the United Nations)
In February 2026, Oxfam Novib co-published an op-ed in the Dutch newspaper Het Parool arguing that the “Jetten Cabinet must focus on a broad ban on economic ties with illegal settlements.”
In February 2023, Oxfam Novib launched a petition calling on the European Union to “maintain the ban on trade with illegal settlements, and call on the EU to comply with international humanitarian law and not allow trade in products from illegal settlements.”
In June 2020, Oxfam Novib co-organized a webinar on “the human rights problems resulting from business activities with the illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories,” including a discussion on “The sale in the Netherlands of goods and services from companies that are part of the settlement economy.”
PAX (Donors include the Netherlands and Open Society Institute)
Signatory to “Trading Away Peace” report.
In February 2026, PAX co-published an op-ed in the Dutch newspaper Het Parool arguing that the “Jetten Cabinet must focus on a broad ban on economic ties with illegal settlements.”
In April 2026, PAX was a signatory on a letter calling on the President and Vice President of the European Commission, as well as foreign ministers of EU member states to, inter alia, establish “a ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements.”
In February 2025, PAX was a signatory on a letter calling on the President of the European Commission to “Ban EU Trade and Business with Israel’s Illegal Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.”
In June 2020, PAX co-organized a webinar on “the human rights problems resulting from business activities with the illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories,” including a discussion on “The sale in the Netherlands of goods and services from companies that are part of the settlement economy.”
In May 2015, PAX stated that “In order to prevent settlements from becoming profitable, settlement products should be banned.”
Rights Forum (Funding is non-transparent; donors include Rockefeller Brothers Fund)
Participated in the campaign “#StopTradeWithSettlements.”
Member of the Don’t Buy Into Occupation campaign.
In April 2026, the Rights Forum was a signatory on a letter calling on the President and Vice President of the European Commission, as well as foreign ministers of EU member states to, inter alia, establish “a ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements.”
In February 2026, the Rights Forum co-published an op-ed in the Dutch newspaper Het Parool arguing that the “Jetten Cabinet must focus on a broad ban on economic ties with illegal settlements.”
In August 2025, the Rights Forum stated that it “advocates for the Netherlands’ withdrawal from the EU-Israel Association Agreement and from Horizon Europe partnerships with controversial Israeli partners. This must go hand in hand with a resolute ban on trade with Israel’s illegal settlements.”
In January 2024, a Dutch parliamentary hearing included a discussion of Dutch trade with Israeli settlements in which research by The Rights Forum and SOMO was referenced by MP Teunissen (PvdD) to claim that “the Cabinet is actively promoting trade with Israeli settlements.”
In May 2023, the Rights Forum, “also on behalf of several organizations,” presented a petition “regarding a ban on trade with illegal settlements in occupied territories” to the foreign affairs committee, which included the current Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Sjoerd Sjoerdsma.
In June 2020, the Rights Forum co-organized a webinar on “the human rights problems resulting from business activities with the illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories,” including a discussion on “The sale in the Netherlands of goods and services from companies that are part of the settlement economy.”
SOMO (Donors include Netherlands, European Union, Finland, and United States)
In February 2026, SOMO co-published an op-ed in the Dutch newspaper Het Parool arguing that the “Jetten Cabinet must focus on a broad ban on economic ties with illegal settlements.”
As of October 2025, SOMO is a plaintiff in a lawsuit seeking “a ban on all Dutch trade and investment relations that help maintain the illegal occupation, racial segregation, and colonisation,” claiming that “[any] economic dealing with companies that operate in Israeli settlements is illegal.”
In February 2025, SOMO was a signatory on a letter calling on the President of the European Commission to “Ban EU Trade and Business with Israel’s Illegal Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.”
In January 2024, a Dutch parliamentary hearing included a discussion of Dutch trade with Israeli settlements in which research by SOMO and The Rights Forum was referenced by MP Teunissen (PvdD) to claim that “the Cabinet is actively promoting trade with Israeli settlements.”
In December 2023, SOMO argued that the “Dutch ‘Discouragement’ Policy” “is inconsistent with international law” and claimed that “Together with other civil society organisations, SOMO has been talking with the Dutch government for years to raise the illegality of trade with Israeli settlements.”
In May 2022, SOMO published “Testing the occupation: Identifying mislabelled food from illegal Israeli settlements in European supermarkets through isotopic testing,” which states that “For more than a decade, SOMO has been raising awareness about the problems related to European imports of illegal Israeli settlement products.”
In June 2020, SOMO co-organized a webinar on “the human rights problems resulting from business activities with the illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories,” including a discussion on “The sale in the Netherlands of goods and services from companies that are part of the settlement economy.”
Stichting Kifaia (Funding is non-transparent)
As of October 2025, Kifaia is a plaintiff in a lawsuit seeking “a ban on all Dutch trade and investment relations that help maintain the illegal occupation, racial segregation, and colonisation,” claiming that “[any] economic dealing with companies that operate in Israeli settlements is illegal.”
In February 2025, Kifaia was a signatory on a letter calling on the President of the European Commission to “Ban EU Trade and Business with Israel’s Illegal Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.”
Norway
Parliamentary Legislation:
In June 2026, the Norwegian government announced a proposal for legislation prohibiting “trade in goods produced in Israeli settlements in Palestine that are in violation of international law.” The Ministry of Foreign Affairs subsequently opened the proposal for public consultation.
The government prejudiced the outcome by selecting specific groups to contribute, specifically many BDS NGOs and those centrally involved in the anti-Israel demonization campaign. Only one “pro-Isael” voice was invited to submit. NGOs formally listed as hearing bodies, included Amnesty International, Fellesutvalget for Palestina (Joint Committee on Palestine), Flyktninghjelpen (Norwegian Refugee Council), Norsk Folkehjelp (Norwegian People’s Aid), Redd Barna (Save the Children Norway), and Palestinakomiteen i Norge (Palestine Committee in Norway).
Among the NGOs that have submitted consultation responses are Amnesty International Norway, Fellesutvalget for Palestina, Norwegian People’s Aid, Save the Children Norway, and the Palestine Committee in Norway.
Amnesty International Norway
In September 2025, Amnesty International Norway called on political parties to commit to ensuring that Norway’s sovereign wealth fund becomes “a global leader for human rights-compliant investments,” including by taking “comprehensive and sustained steps to ensure the disengagement from business activities contributing or linked to Israel’s grave and protracted violations of Palestinians’ rights.”
In May 2025, Amnesty Norway co-organized a breakfast meeting focused on the ethical requirements governing the Oil Fund’s investments in companies linked to Israel. The event argued that Norwegian authorities should ensure that investments do not contribute to “Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories” or other alleged violations of international law.
In May 2025, Amnesty International Norway was a signatory on a letter to Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg demanding that the “Oil Fund withdraw investments in the illegal occupation of Palestine.”
In May 2024, Amnesty International Norway called on the Norwegian government to ensure that the Petroleum Fund “withdraws its investments from companies that contribute to the financing, operation and profitability of illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.” Amnesty also called for the government to “present a bill to the Storting regarding a ban on doing business with or investing in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.”
Joint Committee on Palestine (FuP) – An umbrella organization of 40 Norwegian organizations including: BDS Norway, The Palestine Committee in Norway, KFUK-KFUM Global)
In May 2026, FuP participated in a hearing on the State Pension Fund 2026 before the Storting’s Finance Committee. In its submission, FuP cited the July 2024 ICJ advisory opinion and argued that the Oil Fund must not invest in activities contributing to Israel’s “illegal occupation.” It called for divestment from companies posing an “unacceptable risk of complicity” in violations of international law, regardless of their inclusion in the benchmark index. FuP also called for the Fund’s ethical guidelines to be aligned with the ICJ opinion and criticized investments in companies providing “technological or logistical infrastructure” to the “illegal occupation and warfare,” citing Palantir as an example.
In May 2025, FuP co-organized a breakfast meeting focused on the ethical requirements governing the Oil Fund’s investments in companies linked to Israel. The event argued that Norwegian authorities should ensure that investments do not contribute to “Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories” or other alleged violations of international law.
In October 2024, FuP called for the Government Pension Fund Global (Norway’s “Oil Fund”) to be “withdrawn from all companies involved in the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land.” FuP also called on the government and the Fund to follow the principles of the BDS movement, including “a boycott of Israeli products, divestment from companies that profit from the occupation, and sanctions against Israel.”
Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA/Norsk Folkehjelp) (Donors include Norway, Sweden, United States, Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, European Union, and Japan)
Member of the Don’t Buy Into Occupation campaign.
Signatory to “Trading Away Peace” report.
In May 2025, NPA was a signatory on a letter to Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg demanding that the “Oil Fund withdraw investments in the illegal occupation of Palestine.”
In September 2024, NPA, Palestinakomiteen i Norge (Palestine Committee), and the Action Group for Palestine met with Secretary of State Andreas Kravik at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, calling on Norway to withdraw “all oil fund investments from the Israeli occupation,” introduce “a ban on buying Israeli goods from occupied territories,” and work toward sanctions against Israel over what they described as “illegal occupation and genocide.”
In March 2024, NPA called for “a total ban on occupation goods,” launching a campaign asking aid workers across Norway to join its “nationwide inventory of goods from illegally occupied areas in the West Bank.”
In May 2021, the NPA and the Norwegian Trade Union Confederation published an analysis of the Government Pension Fund Global’s investments, claiming that the Fund was invested in 64 companies that “profit from, and thereby support, the occupation of Palestine, which is contrary to international law.”
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (Donors include European Union, United Kingdom, Norway, Belgium, Sweden, Spain, France, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, and Luxembourg)
In an October 2024 report titled “Area C is Palestine,” NRC called on third states to adopt measures targeting Israel’s settlement policy, including “prohibiting business enterprises from operating in Israeli settlements in the oPt,” “prohibiting the purchase or sale of settlement real estate,” and “prohibiting charitable tax receipting” for donations to settler organizations or organizations supporting settlement expansion.
Palestinakomiteen i Norge (Palestine Committee)
In January 2026, the Palestine Committee submitted a complaint against Norges Bank, the Petroleum Fund, and the Ministry of Finance to the National Public Prosecutor’s Office for Action against Organized and Other Serious Crime (NAST), alleging that their continued investments in Israeli companies had “actively contributed to or failed to prevent the aforementioned companies’ complicity in Israel’s commission of crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide.”
In September 2024, the Palestine Committee, NPA, and the Action Group for Palestine met with Secretary of State Andreas Kravik at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, calling on Norway to withdraw “all oil fund investments from the Israeli occupation,” introduce “a ban on buying Israeli goods from occupied territories,” and work toward sanctions against Israel over what they described as “illegal occupation and genocide.”
Save the Children Norway (Redd Barna) (Donors include EU and Norway)
In May 2025, Save the Children Norway co-organized a breakfast meeting focused on the ethical requirements governing the Oil Fund’s investments in companies linked to Israel. The event argued that Norwegian authorities should ensure that investments do not contribute to “Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories” or other alleged violations of international law.
In May 2025, Save the Children Norway was a signatory on a letter to Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg demanding that the “Oil Fund withdraw investments in the illegal occupation of Palestine.”
In March 2025, Save the Children Norway sent a letter to Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg calling on the government to instruct Norges Bank to conduct “pre-screening and risk-based divestment” from companies that sell weapons to Israel or “supply products that sustain the occupation of the Palestinian territories.” Save the Children Norway also called for the review and revision of the Oil Fund’s ethical framework to ensure compliance with Norway’s international obligations under international humanitarian law.
In April 2024, Save the Children Norway submitted a written contribution to the Storting’s hearing on the 2024 Government Pension Fund report, calling for Norges Bank to “immediately withdraw” the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG)’s investments in companies “that contribute to the war in Gaza due to both the risk of possible genocide and war crimes.” The organization further argued that Norges Bank had an “independent responsibility” to withdraw investments in companies “that contribute to maintaining the illegal settlements.”
Sweden
Diakonia (Donors include Sweden, Switzerland, and the Netherlands)
Signatory to “Trading Away Peace” report.
Participated in the campaign “#StopTradeWithSettlements.”
In September 2025, Diakonia was a signatory to a report titled “Trading with Illegal Settlements,” which called on the EU, UK, and other states to “ban all trade, including investments and the provision of services, with businesses that are based in or operate from illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights.”
In its 2024 “Position Paper on Israel/Palestine,” Diakonia called for a “ban [on] trade, financial cooperation and other cooperation with the illegal settlements and structures supporting the same.” Diakonia further argued that Israeli and international companies operating in settlements “contribute to violations of international law” while “financing and supporting the illegal settlements and its structures.” It accused such companies of both contributing to and benefiting from the “confiscation of Palestinian land,” “illegal natural resource extraction on occupied land,” and “discriminatory policies.” The paper also called on foreign companies involved in or profiting from settlement activity to “withdraw from such engagements.”
Church of Sweden (Donors include Sweden and the European Union)
Signatory to “Trading Away Peace” report.
Participated in the campaign “#StopTradeWithSettlements.”
The Church of Sweden has claimed that “Methods that prevent financial support for the occupation are legitimate ways of working for peace. One such method can be pressure on companies that have operations in the settlements and thus contribute to the occupation. Another method may be to refrain from buying goods produced in Israeli settlements.”
In September 2025, the Church of Sweden was a signatory to a report titled “Trading with Illegal Settlements,” which called on the EU, UK, and other states to “ban all trade, including investments and the provision of services, with businesses that are based in or operate from illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights.” At the same time, Church of Sweden joined more than 80 organizations in launching the “New global campaign: Stop the trade in illegal settlements”, calling on governments to “stop trade in goods and services from illegal Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land.”
In February 2025, the Church of Sweden signed a letter addressed to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, calling to “ban all trade and business between the EU and Israel’s illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), including East Jerusalem.”
In February 2025, Church of Sweden was a signatory to a joint statement calling on the European Commission to “ban all trade and business between the EU and Israel’s illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.” The statement urged the Commission to “ban all imports and exports of goods and services from and to Israel’s illegal settlements” and prohibit investments in the settlements.
Palestinagrupperna i Sverige (PGS) (Donors include Sweden)
In 2022, PGS participated in the European Citizens’ Initiative “End Trade with Illegal Settlements,” alongside more than 100 organizations. The initiative sought to collect one million signatures from EU citizens to pressure the European Commission to consider “a ban on trade with illegal settlements.”
In March 2020, PGS called on governments to review “their national companies’, contacts with Israeli counterparts involved in the occupation industry” and “ensure that cooperation with the occupation ends.” PGS also advocated “a total ban on trade and cooperation with companies operating in the illegal settlements.”
Denmark
Amnesty International Denmark (Donors include Denmark)
In 2026, Amnesty International Denmark launched a petition calling on the Danish government to “work actively to suspend the EU’s trade agreement with Israel” and to “ban trade in and investment in illegal settlements and companies that support the occupation, apartheid system and genocide in Gaza.”
In June 2017, Amnesty International launched a campaign calling on states to “to ban imports of goods from the illegal settlements,” and “ensure that national companies do not do business in the settlements or trade in goods produced there.” Amnesty urged governments to “ban the import of settler goods” and introduce “laws and regulations that stop companies from operating in Israeli settlements.” The campaign was subsequently cited as background material for a 2018-2019 Danish parliamentary proposal to prohibit imports from Israeli settlements.
DanChurchAid (Folkekirkens Nødhjælp) (Donors include Denmark, European Union, Norway)
Signatory to “Trading Away Peace” report.
In September 2026, DanChurchAid called on Denmark and the EU to “ban trade with and investments in the illegal settlements….We hope that this will be followed up by concrete decisions on trade and investments.”
In June 2026, DCA was a signatory to an open letter calling on the European Commission “to propose a regulation to prohibit EU trade with Israel’s illegal settlements.” The organizations argued that “the Commission has a duty to propose a regulation under Article 207 TFEU to stop trade with the illegal settlements,” adding that this “applies not only to goods from settlements, but also to services.”
In November 2012, DanChurchAid invited European Council officials to a workshop on labeling goods from Israeli settlements. The invitation to the meeting said participants would discuss “possible practical actions” by EU states to “avoid inadvertently supporting the viability and growth of settlements.”
DanWatch (Donors include Denmark)
In 2017, Danwatch initiated the project “Business on Forbidden Land,” focusing on Danish companies allegedly conducting business in Israeli settlements and opposing the marketing of Israeli goods produced in the West Bank.
In January 2017, DanWatch published an investigation into Danish financial and economic activity linked to Israeli settlements, arguing that such investments “help to undermine the two-state solution and are at odds with UN guidelines and export advice from the Danish government.” In January 2018, Danwatch reported that its investigation had prompted a parliamentary debate “to strengthen advice to private and public Danish actors who, contrary to government policy, invest in companies with activities in or around illegal Israeli settlements.”
Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke (ActionAid Denmark) (Donors include Denmark and EU)
ActionAid Denmark launched a petition calling on Denmark to “press for a suspension of the EU’s free trade agreement with Israel” and to “withdraw all state investments from companies that contribute to Israel’s military or the illegal settlements.” It also called for “targeted sanctions against the illegal settlements,” including sanctions against “Israeli settler organizations, ministers and goods from the occupied territories.”
In March 2026, ActionAid Denmark published a report on Danish pension funds’ investments in companies involved in Israel’s settlements, titled “Money Out of Illegal Settlements.” The report recommended that pension funds “divest from these companies and, at a minimum, refrain from investing in companies appearing on the UN’s list of entities supporting illegal settlements.”
In February 2025, ActionAid Denmark was a signatory to a joint statement calling on the European Commission to “ban all trade and business between the EU and Israel’s illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.” The statement urged the Commission to “ban all imports and exports of goods and services from and to Israel’s illegal settlements” and prohibit investments in the settlements.
Oxfam Denmark (Donors include Denmark, Sweden, EU, Norway)
In September 2026, Oxfam Denmark launched a petition calling on the Danish government to take action against Israeli settlements, arguing that Denmark contributes to sustaining the settlements through “investments and cooperation with companies in the settlements as well as trade in settler goods.” The petition called on the government to “ban all investment in and trade with the illegal settlements and their companies” and to push the EU to “suspend the trade agreement with Israel.”
In April 2024, Oxfam Denmark stated that it did not support a boycott of Israel but advocated for an end to “all trade with Israel’s illegal settlements in the West Bank.” It argued that the settlements and their businesses “contribute to extreme poverty and oppression of the Palestinians.”
Spain
Parliamentary Debates and Legislation:
In September 2025, the Spanish Government adopted “Royal Decree-Law 10/2025,” which prohibits the import of products originating in Israeli settlements and also prohibits advertising the marketing of goods originating from – and services provided in – Israeli settlements. In October 2025, the Congress of Deputies, Spain’s legislative branch, debated and ratified the decree. Its urgent processing as a bill was subsequently approved.
In June 2025, Podemos MP Ione Belarra introduced a non-legislative proposal calling for an immediate prohibition on the transit through Spain of goods from companies present in Israeli settlements. The proposal relied on research by the Palestinian Youth Movement concerning shipments allegedly originating in settlements and transiting Spanish ports.
Amnesty International Spain
In June 2017, Amnesty International Spain launched a campaign “urging the government to, in accordance with its political stance condemning Israeli settlements, ban the entry into Spain of products manufactured there and prevent Spanish companies from operating in or selling goods from the settlements.”
Oxfam Intermón (Donors include Spain, European Union, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, United States, and United Nations)
In April 2026, Oxfam Intermón was a signatory on a letter calling on the President and Vice President of the European Commission as well as foreign ministers of EU member states to, inter alia, establish “a ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements.” The letter explicitly welcomed Spain’s September 2025 prohibition on settlement imports and called for the measure to be adopted at EU level.
In September 2025, Oxfam Intermón co-launched a “campaign to end foreign complicity in Israel’s illegal settlement project.”
NOVACT (Donors include Spain, European Union, and United Nations)
In June 2026, NOVACT was a signatory on a letter calling on the President and Vice President of the European Commission to “propose a regulation to prohibit EU trade with Israel’s illegal settlements.”
In February 2026, NOVACT filed a complaint against Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) with the Public Prosecutor’s Office seeking an investigation into the potential criminal liability of CAF’s management due to their alleged involvement in the Jerusalem Light Rail.
In December 2025, NOVACT, together with SUDS and the Observatorio de Derechos Humanos y Empresas (ODHE), challenged the removal of Spanish travel company eDreams ODIGEO from the UNOHCHR’s “Database of all business enterprises” that it claims contribute to “human rights concerns.” The NGOs argued that there was no “guarantee that the company has effectively ceased its activities in illegal Israeli settlements.”
Paz con Dignidad (PcD) (Donors include Spain)
In February 2025, PcD was a signatory on a letter calling on the President of the European Commission to “Ban EU Trade and Business with Israel’s Illegal Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.”
In July 2022, PcD published a campaign to collect signatures for the European Citizens Initiative’s (ECI) “call for an EU law that puts an end to trade with illegal settlements once and for all. This law would apply to occupied territories everywhere, including the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel’s illegal settlements there.”
United Kingdom
Parliamentary Debates
In July 2026, a debate on “a ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements” took place in the House of Commons. The debate was supported and mobilized by Amnesty, Caabu, Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
In June 2026, the International Development Committee held a dedicated oral evidence session titled “The situation in the West Bank and East Jerusalem,” during which settlement expansion and settler violence were central topics, including Israel’s proposed E1 settlement plan. The session included testimony from B’Tselem, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), and UNRWA.
In November 2024, the UK Foreign Affairs Committee launched an inquiry into “The Israeli-Palestinian conflict” and invited Médecins Sans Frontières UK (MSF UK), the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) – which receives substantial UK government funding – and Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) to give oral evidence. The committee also received written submissions from Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Oxfam GB, War on Want, Christian Aid, Caabu, the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP), and Amnesty UK. The parliamentary session gave the NGO network a major platform to advocate for discriminatory restrictions on Israeli businesses and banks.
In April 2026, Amos Trust was a signatory on statement demanding that the “UK must take steps to identify and prevent all forms of support – financial, commercial, trade, diplomatic, and military – that aid or assist in the maintenance of Israel’s unlawful occupation, including by banning trade with, and investment in, illegal settlements.”
In July 2025, Amos Trust was a signatory on letter to Prime Minister Starmer alleging that “Any UK business selling goods produced in or generating revenue from the settlements benefits from the underlying criminal conduct that the ICJ identified and could be committing money laundering offences.”
In April 2025, Amos Trust called on governments to “Halt trade or business with illegal settlements or enabling Israel’s illegal occupation.”
Council for Arab-British Understanding (Caabu)
In June 2026, Caabu stated that it had “pushed for such a ban for many years.”
In April 2026, Caabu was a signatory on statement demanding that the “UK must take steps to identify and prevent all forms of support – financial, commercial, trade, diplomatic, and military – that aid or assist in the maintenance of Israel’s unlawful occupation, including by banning trade with, and investment in, illegal settlements.”
In July 2025, Caabu was a signatory on a statement alleging, “Any UK business selling goods produced in or generating revenue from the settlements benefits from the underlying criminal conduct…and could be committing money laundering offences.”
In February 2025, Caabu submitted evidence to the UK Foreign Affairs Committee stating, “British governments have also consistently failed to address the Israeli settlement programme, the core of this settler-colonial conflict. All governments have acknowledged that settlements are illegal but have done nothing to try to compel Israel to abandon this enterprise. Issuing press releases citing grave concern has gone on for over forty years.”
Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD)
International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP)
In March 2026, ICJP sent a letter to the UK government demanding “UK Government ban imports of goods from Israel’s illegal settlements.”
In September 2025, ICJP published a joint report “Trading with Illegal Settlements: How Foreign States and Corporations Enable Israel’s Illegal Settlement Enterprise.”
In February 2025, ICJP submitted evidence to the UK Foreign Affairs Committee urging the UK to “prohibit the import of goods produced in Israel’s illegal settlements, acknowledging that such imports help to sustain Israel’s illegal settlement economy that is predicated on the displacement and forcible transfer of Palestinians.”
In December 2024, ICJP sent a letter to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) calling for “stronger government policy on ensuring that UK supermarkets don’t sell products from illegal Israeli settlements.”
In October 2024, ICJP threatened “legal action” against eight supermarket chains in the UK “if they continue to sell products made in illegal Israeli settlements in their supermarkets.”
In March 2026, Law for Palestine sent a letter to the UK government demanding “UK Government ban imports of goods from Israel’s illegal settlements.”
In November 2025, Law for Palestine published a policy brief calling for “Refraining from trade, investment, or economic relations with Israel that directly or indirectly support the occupation of Palestinian territory or contribute to the entrenchment of the illegal settlement enterprise.”
Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights (LPHR)
In February 2026, LPHR sent a letter to UK Foreign Secretary calling to “ban the import of settlement products” and “suspend trade concessions with Israel due to material breach of the human rights and democracy principles clause in the UK-Israel Trade and Partnership Agreement (‘TPA’).”
In September 2024, LPHR was a signatory on a statement to the UK Business and Trade Secretary calling for an “review of trade relations with Israel, to ensure full compliance with the UK’s international legal obligations and uphold respect for human rights.”
In April 2020, LPHR published a briefing calling for the UK government to “Ban settlement goods from entering the UK marketplace. This is a requirement anchored by third-party state duties under international law.”
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)
In June 2026, MAP launched a petition “The UK must ban settlement trade.”
In April 2026, MAP was a signatory on statement demanding that the “UK must take steps to identify and prevent all forms of support – financial, commercial, trade, diplomatic, and military – that aid or assist in the maintenance of Israel’s unlawful occupation, including by banning trade with, and investment in, illegal settlements.”
In April 2025, MAP called on states to “Halt trade or business with illegal settlements or enabling Israel’s illegal occupation.”
In September 2024, MAP was a signatory on a statement to the UK Business and Trade Secretary calling for a “review of trade relations with Israel, to ensure full compliance with the UK’s international legal obligations and uphold respect for human rights.”
In April 2026, Oxfam was a signatory on statement demanding that the “UK must take steps to identify and prevent all forms of support – financial, commercial, trade, diplomatic, and military – that aid or assist in the maintenance of Israel’s unlawful occupation, including by banning trade with, and investment in, illegal settlements.”
In September 2025, Oxfam published a joint report “Trading with Illegal Settlements: How Foreign States and Corporations Enable Israel’s Illegal Settlement Enterprise.”
In March 2025, Oxfam published a briefing paper calling on governments to “Halt[] economic activities that sustain illegal settlements, including trade in illegal settlement products” and “Halt arms transfers and military assistance to Israel that enable settlement expansion and rights violations.”
In February 2025, Oxfam submitted evidence to the UK Foreign Affairs Committee urging the UK to “implement trade restrictions on goods produced in illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The UK must also undertake a thorough review of the existing UK Israel Trade and Partnership Agreement and review the current negotiations over a new free trade agreement to ensure compliance with the ICJ ruling on the unlawful Israeli occupation and the UN General Assembly Resolution on its implementation, and suspend these pending the outcome of this review and the end of the occupation.”
In February 2022, Oxfam participated in a campaign titled “#StopTradeWithSettlements.”
Member of the Don’t Buy Into Occupation campaign
In July 2026, PSC called on the UK to “ban all trade with Israel’s illegal settlements and all other trade that aids or assists Israel’s unlawful presence in the occupied Palestinian territory.”
In September 2025, PSC wrote, “Years ago, the British government should have ended its arms trade with Israel, ended its support of illegal settlements by banning settlement trade and imposed comprehensive sanctions on Israel as PSC has been calling for.”
In February 2025, PSC submitted evidence to the UK Foreign Affairs Committee claiming, “As a starting point, Britain can contribute to this by banning all trade with illegal Israeli settlements, and all other trade which aids or assists Israel in maintaining its unlawful military occupation.”
In July 2022, PSC published a statement that the UK government “is seeking to enhance trade with Israel at a moment when a consensus has emerged across international civil society that Israel is committing the crime of apartheid,” and called for “ending the import of goods from illegal Israeli settlements; taking punitive action against UK companies such as JCB which continue to trade with illegal settlements, and ending the 2-way arms trade with Israel.”
Sabeel-Kairos UK
Member of the Don’t Buy Into Occupation campaign.
In April 2026, War on Want was a signatory on statement demanding that the “UK must take steps to identify and prevent all forms of support – financial, commercial, trade, diplomatic, and military – that aid or assist in the maintenance of Israel’s unlawful occupation, including by banning trade with, and investment in, illegal settlements.”
In March 2026, War on Want sent a letter to the UK government demanding “UK Government ban imports of goods from Israel’s illegal settlements.”
In September 2025, War on Want published a joint report “Trading with Illegal Settlements: How Foreign States and Corporations Enable Israel’s Illegal Settlement Enterprise.”
In July 2025, War on Want was a signatory on letter to Prime Minister Starmer – “Any UK business selling goods produced in or generating revenue from the settlements benefits from the underlying criminal conduct that the ICJ identified and could be committing money laundering offences.”
In February 2025, War on Wanr submitted evidence to the UK Foreign Affairs Committee “strongly recommend[ing] that the UK Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister immediately take the following steps to end UK complicity in and help end Israel’s genocide, war crimes and unlawful occupation…Prohibit UK investment in and economic relations with companies working in Israel’s illegal settlements, and aiding and abetting Israel’s unlawful occupation.”
In September 2024, War on Want was a signatory on a statement to the UK Business and Trade Secretary calling for an “review of trade relations with Israel, to ensure full compliance with the UK’s international legal obligations and uphold respect for human rights.”