Sandego.net – Britain is preparing to impose trade sanctions on goods produced in Israeli settlements across the occupied West Bank, a step that will land on Tuesday and represent the most consequential rupture in decades between London and its longtime Western ally. The measures, framed by the government as a direct response to the accelerated settlement build-out under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration, are designed to pressure Israel into halting what officials describe as the systematic dismantling of the two-state framework.

The announcement arrives at a moment when international frustration with Israeli policy in the territories has reached a fever pitch. Settler attacks on Palestinian residents have escalated sharply in zones that most of the global community still regards as the geographic core of any future Palestinian state. For Britain, which has historically occupied a privileged diplomatic position relative to Israel, the decision to formalize economic penalties marks a departure…