West Bank Trade Sanctions

A group of prominent Israelis—including the president of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, a former prime minister, a former army chief and former ministers and diplomats—said the sanctions were an “inevitable consequence” of the government’s policies and security failures. They argued the measures targeted “Jewish terrorists, and not … the legitimacy of the state of Israel.”

The sanctions were amplified by parallel moves from France and Canada and support from 10 other European countries; the Guardian reported that no senior Trump administration official, despite being briefed in advance, criticized the British measures.

A poll cited by the Guardian found that nearly three-quarters of Jewish Israelis favored partial or total annexation of the occupied West Bank, underscoring the domestic political environment surrounding the settlement dispute.

Pakistan’s Foreign Office said the measures should send “a clear and unequivocal message of rejection of illegal actions” in the occupied Palestinian territory and reaffirmed Islamabad’s support for Palestinians’ “just struggle for self-determination.”