Britain announced a ban on goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. [1] Reuters filed the UK-led measure with France and Canada. [1] Israel answered by moving to close the British consulate in East Jerusalem. [2] The Guardian filed the consulate reply. [2] A parliamentary announcement is not an implemented customs table. Print the ban. Print the answer. Do not print a sealed port.

A later 30-day notice belongs to the edition that owns a later 30-day notice. Implementation in months is not today. Leave a named start date to the edition that owns a named start date.

Print the ban. Tuesday is not a customs close. A joint statement with France and Canada is not an implemented table. Print the consulate answer as Israel's named Tuesday reply.

Settlement-good bans are customs policy with foreign-policy consequences; ports enforce what ministries announce. Implementation runs months out. Tuesday prints the ban, not the barrier.

Printed bans precede built barriers; Tuesday prints. Barriers build over months. Ports wait on ministries.

The consulate already answered. Tuesday prints the announcement, not a wall. A joint statement is not an implemented table.

West Bank settlement goods are now a named British ban. France and Canada sit in the same measure. The East Jerusalem consulate move is a reply, not a sealed port. Customs tables have not closed.
A named British ban on settlement goods is not a sealed port. The East Jerusalem consulate move is a reply. Customs tables have not closed.

Tuesday's British ban is not a sealed port. Customs tables have not closed. Tuesday's customs tables have not closed.

-- CHARLES ASHFORD, London