On 8 September the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office announced a ban on imports of goods from illegal settlements, new powers to designate individuals and companies profiting from settlement activity, a ban on advertising settlement property and sanctions on several extremist settlers, set out by the Foreign Secretary in a Commons statement.
Resolves on announcements published on gov.uk by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and the Foreign Secretary's statements in Hansard. YES if a new measure directed at Israeli settlements, including sanctions designations, trade or advertising restrictions or new designation powers, is announced by 23:59 BST on 14 October 2026. Restatements of existing policy and joint statements without a British measure do not count. If that source has not published in time, BBC News and Al Jazeera. Resolved YES on the FCDO announcement of 8 September 2026 settle it.
Three of four British promises on Israel since 2024 led to action. We looked at every time since 2024 that a prime minister or foreign secretary said measures on Israel were coming, and checked whether a named measure followed within about eight weeks. Arms licences, sanctions on ministers and recognition of Palestine all came. A ban on trade with the settlements, demanded since 2024, never has.