The Royal Committee for Jerusalem Affairs confirmed that the British decision to ban the import of products from Israeli settlements in the West Bank and to impose sanctions on settlers was a model for upholding the Palestinian right to establish an independent State with Jerusalem as its capital.
In the European Union, Brussels reaffirmed its position on the illegality under international law of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. "The settlements constitute an obstacle to peace and to the viability of the two-State solution (...).