[12 countries issued a joint statement to restrict commodity trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank] September 8, French Foreign Minister Barrow said on September 8, local time, that France would stop commodity trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. France and 11 other countries including the United Kingdom, Canada, Denmark, Spain, Finland, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Poland, Portugal and Sweden issued a joint statement on the same day, making relevant commitments to restrict trade in goods with Israeli settlements. The joint statement said the situation in the West Bank is deteriorating rapidly, with settler violence and settlement expansion reaching unprecedented levels. France, Britain and Canada will propose national-level measures to ban the trade of goods with the settlements.