{"id":552511,"date":"2026-07-21T15:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T15:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/552511\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T15:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T15:36:10","slug":"netherlands-to-ban-imports-from-unlawful-israeli-settlements-in-west-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/552511\/","title":{"rendered":"Netherlands to ban imports from ‘unlawful’ Israeli settlements in West Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Netherlands<\/a> will begin its ban on the import, purchase and sale of goods from Israeli settlements in the Palestinian Territories on September 22, 2026, the Dutch government announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The government already decided<\/a> on the sanctions on 22 May 2026, and the Council of State has now issued its advice, which has not led to any changes to the decision.<\/p>\n

The ban was made official today, and will enter into force on 22 September.<\/p>\n

The Dutch government considers the settlements unlawful<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With the proposed measures, the Netherlands says it is giving further substance to its obligation under international law not to contribute to this “unlawful” situation.<\/p>\n

From 22 September, it will be forbidden to: import goods from Israeli settlements<\/a>; buy and sell goods from Israeli settlements; provide services that facilitate trade in goods from the Israeli settlements (so-called brokering services); and circumvent the above prohibitions.<\/p>\n

“I am deeply ashamed of the betrayal by the Dutch left-liberal government of Islam lovers and Israel haters,” said Dutch politician Geert Wilders.<\/p>\n

The ban is more symbolic in value than practical, as it will be challenging to enforce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Netherlands will begin its ban on the import, purchase and sale of goods from Israeli settlements in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":552512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[108,36479,42,26928,46,250899,96379,250900,12512,43,48,40,38,41,39,77,25360],"class_list":["post-552511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-anti-israel","tag-dutch","tag-headlines","tag-holland","tag-israel","tag-israel-holland","tag-israeli-settlement","tag-legality-of-israeli-settlements","tag-netherlands","tag-news","tag-palestine","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-west-bank","tag-west-bank-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}