BREAKING: Twelve countries issued a joint statement announcing national bans on trade in goods from illegal Israeli settlements: France United Kingdom Canada Denmark Spain Finland Ireland Iceland Norway Poland Portugal Sweden Macron, UK PM Burnham, and Canadian PM Carney agreed the situation is deteriorating with "unprecedented" settler violence and settlement expansion, specifically calling the E1 project "inadmissible." They salute measures already taken by Ireland, Spain, Netherlands, Norway, and Belgium. The statement demands Israel immediately stop settlement expansion, hold violent settlers accountable, and investigate allegations against Israeli forces. They "firmly oppose any action resulting in the annexation of Palestinian lands or forced displacement."