# Labor Friends of Palestine criticise Australia for not joining West Bank settlement sanctions

https://mins.news/en/item/52485

- The Guardian, 2026-09-10 06:14 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/10/labor-palestine-criticise-australias-decision-sanctions-israeli-settlements-in-west-bank-ntwnfb

> Members of Australia’s Labor Friends of Palestine have urged Foreign Minister Penny Wong to join the UK, Canada and France in banning trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Wong said Australia was preparing another round of sanctions against Israel but was not currently pursuing a broad ban on settlement goods.

## Stories

- [Gaza War and Humanitarian Crisis](https://mins.news/en/topic/gaza-war-humanitarian-crisis) — Markdown: https://mins.news/en/topic/gaza-war-humanitarian-crisis.md

## Related coverage

- [Canada, U.K. and France to ban trade in goods from Israeli settlements in occupied West Bank](https://mins.news/en/item/50201) — CBC News, 2026-09-08
- [UK, France and 10 other countries to sanction trade from Israeli settlements](https://mins.news/en/item/49798) — France 24, 2026-09-08
- [UK, France and 10 other countries to sanction trade with Israeli settlements](https://mins.news/en/video/49827) — France 24 English, 2026-09-08