Amman, Sept. 8 (Petra) - A 12-nation coalition announced on Tuesday plans to sanction goods from illegal Israeli settlements.

In a joint statement, foreign ministers from Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the UK warned that escalating settler violence and settlement expansion, specifically the illegal E1 settlement tender, are "crippling prospects for long-term peace." The statement added that signatories are pursuing restrictions on settlement trade in accordance with the principles set out in the UN New York Declaration.

While Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands, Norway, and Belgium already initiated similar trade actions, the UK, France, and Canada welcomed these measures and pledged to enact their own bans on settlement imports. Opposing all acts of de facto annexation and forcible displacement, the 12 nations urged the Israeli government to freeze settlement expansion, halt the transfer of civil administrative powers, curb settler violence, and hold perpetrators accountable. Based on UN Security Council resolutions, the ministers stated that an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel is the "only viable path" to lasting peace.

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