Netherlands to ban imports from Israel's Jewish settlements

* The Netherlands is a ⁠leading global buyer of Israeli goods, but the government ​has never disclosed what volume of goods are ⁠currently imported from Jewish settlements. * Most world powers deem ⁠Israel's ​settlements, on land it captured in a 1967 war, illegal.

The ​Dutch government has agreed ​to impose a ‌ban on ​imports of goods produced in Jewish settlements in Israeli-occupied Palestinian ‌territories, Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten said on Friday. * The ban is meant to prevent "any contribution through economic ‌activities by the Netherlands to the unlawful occupation", ‌Jetten said.

* The previous Dutch government last year said it was planning the ban, which is now expected to ⁠take ​effect in ⁠the second half of the year. * The Netherlands is a ⁠leading global buyer of Israeli goods, but the government ​has never disclosed what volume of goods are ⁠currently imported from Jewish settlements.

* Most world powers deem ⁠Israel's ​settlements, on land it captured in a 1967 war, illegal. Numerous U.N. Security Council resolutions have ⁠called on Israel to halt all settlement activity. * Israel ⁠disputes this, ⁠saying it has historical and biblical ties to the land.