- Britain, Canada, France and Norway (building on moves by Australia and New Zealand) announced coordinated sanctions targeting networks that finance and enable settler violence in the occupied West Bank.
- The measures include travel bans and asset restrictions on individuals and firms — France barred Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and other settler leaders, while the UK and Canada targeted construction companies and financial networks.
- Israel rejected the sanctions as politically motivated, while diplomats warn settlement expansion (notably the contested E1 plan east of Jerusalem) risks fragmenting the West Bank and undermining prospects for a Palestinian state.
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