Britain has announced an import ban on goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, alongside restrictions on direct trade and services linked to those settlements. France, Canada and nine other countries also announced new trade restrictions, intensifying pressure on Israel over settlement expansion and settler violence. UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said settlement expansion amounted to ethnic cleansing and was undermining the two-state solution. Israel rejected the criticism, said the measures interfered in its sovereign affairs and announced that it would close the British consulate in East Jerusalem and exclude British representatives from the U.S.-led coordination center for postwar Gaza. U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee warned that the United States could retaliate against Britain, including by restricting British companies’ access to contracts in some states. The dispute comes as UK-Israel relations deteriorate and as 50% of Britons surveyed by YouGov supported banning trade with illegal Israeli settlements, compared with 16% opposed.