New Delhi, July 22 -- THE HAGUE - On September 22, Dutch customs officers will begin enforcing a ban on goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, a date that, until this week, had not been confirmed. The Dutch government formally approved the decree Tuesday, attaching a specific implementation timeline to a measure that had long been announced but never given a deadline.

The ban prohibits the import, purchase and sale of goods originating from illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza, along with wines produced on the occupied Golan Heights. It extends to Dutch companies providing brokering services facilitating such trade and applies even to companies operating outside the Netherlands. Foreign A...