UK is set to ban trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank as settler expansion and violence intensify.

U.K. to ban trade with illegal West Bank settlements, aiming to support a two-state solution amid international tensions.

Britain will ban goods and some services linked to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The move sharpens pressure on Israel and underlines UK support for a two-state solution.

"The government of Israel's actions in the West Bank are undermining the possibility of a two-state solution," the 12 ministers said, referring to a plan under which two states - one Israeli and one Palestinian - would live peacefully side by side.

Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden also plan to limit trade with the settlements, the nations' foreign ministers said in a joint statement.

In an interview with FRANCE 24, the secretary general of the Palestinian National Initiative (PNI) party Mustafa Barghouti said the level of Israeli attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank had become…

"The government of Israel's actions in the West Bank are undermining the possibility of a two-state solution," the 12 ministers said, referring to a plan under which two states - one Israeli and one Palestinian - would live peacefully side by side.

U.K. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband is expected to formally announce a trade ban as part of a promised reset on policy.

Britain plans to ban goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Twelve countries including Britain, Canada and France Tuesday said they would slap sanctions on trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank, after increasing attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinian…

The Israeli government said it will retaliate by closing the British consulate in Jerusalem.

The three countries similarly coordinated when jointly recognising Palestine last year.