Within the past few days, the Netherlands has joined the list of European countries banning goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied territories. In addition, the law not only bans imports of products from these areas, but also their purchase or sale. The aim is to prevent circumvention of the sanctions by importing products into another European country and then selling them in the Netherlands. Another strict provision is that the law applies to all citizens of the Netherlands, even when they are not in the country. The Dutch law, it is feared, could also serve as a model for laws in other countries.