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West Bank Import Ban Bid
A committee in the French parliament has approved a bill to ban imports of goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and prohibit financial and real estate services that support their activities. The bill is due to be debated in a plenary session on November 19. Introduced by Olivier Faure, the bill is backed by more than 100 lawmakers from eight parliamentary groups, while President Emmanuel Macron’s group and the National Rally oppose it. It would impose a one-year prison sentence and a fine of up to 5% of the offending company’s annual global turnover. France was the world’s tenth-largest destination for Israeli goods exports in 2024, potentially giving the ban a tangible economic impact.
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