'This must end': Norway moves to cut trade with illegal Israeli settlements

<article data-history-node-id="442712" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/must-end-norway-moves-cut-trade-illegal-israeli-settlements" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/must-end-norway-moves-cut-trade-illegal-israeli-settlements" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">'This must end': Norway moves to cut trade with illegal Israeli settlements</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has proposed a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.regjeringen.no/en/whats-new/proposal-for-a-bill-banning-trade-with-israeli-settlements-in-palestine-announced-for-public-consultation/id3166860/" target="_blank">bill</a>&nbsp;to ban trade with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a>&nbsp;settlements in occupied Palestine, declaring them an impediment to peace.</p> <p>The Norwegian government said on Friday that it had submitted a bill with legally binding stipulations for consultation. The proposal recommends prohibiting Norwegian citizens and companies from profiting from or supporting Israel’s illegal settlement enterprise.</p> <p>“The Israeli settlements in Palestine are in violation of international law. They contribute to displacement, extreme violence and a development that makes a peaceful solution impossible. We will prohibit trade with the illegal settlements,” Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said in a press release.</p> <p>The Israeli government has built illegal settlements at a rapid pace, undermining the prospects of a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian</a>&nbsp;state.</p> <p>The proposal follows a parliamentary resolution and would ban Norwegian exports to, and importation of goods from, Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a aria-label="'This must end': Norway moves to cut trade with illegal Israeli settlements" href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/norway-moves-cut-trade-ties-israels-illegal-settlement-economy">'This must end': Norway moves to cut trade with illegal Israeli settlements</a></h3> <p><img alt src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/images-story/israel-settlers-call-for-gaza-occupation-march-5-february-2026-afp.jpg.jpg?itok=77BWN9SX"></p> </div> </div> </article>