News Summary

• Israel plans to pay companies in illegal settlements up to 200,000 shekels ($54,000) following a commitment by European countries to ban their goods.
• A growing number of countries have pledged to restrict trade with Israeli settlements, but far fewer have actually put those measures into force.
• Spain and Ireland have introduced measures targeting imports of settlement goods, while the Netherlands brought its ban into force on September 22.
• Belgium’s cabinet approved a draft measure on July 18 that would systematically refuse import permits for goods identified as coming from Israeli settlements.