Israel announced Tuesday that it would close Britain’s consulate in East Jerusalem and bar 12 British nationals from entering the country. Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said the measures were a response to the United Kingdom’s plan to restrict trade tied to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said the government would introduce legislation blocking imports of settlement goods and restricting services connected to settlement expansion. The trade measures are expected to take six to nine months to implement, while sanctions against people accused of extremist settler violence take effect immediately. Britain announced the step alongside France and Canada.

Israel’s response also removes Britain from a U.S.-led Gaza coordination effort and ends British training for Palestinian Authority security forces, according to Reuters. The 12 people covered by the entry bans are not all officials: reporting by The Guardian identified 11 members of Parliament and Fahad Ansari, the director of the advocacy group Riverway to the Sea. Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is among those barred.

The British government says settlement expansion and violence threaten the possibility of a two-state solution. Israel called the measures interference in its affairs and rejects the claim that West Bank settlements are illegal. Most countries and the United Nations regard the settlements as unlawful under international law, a position Israel disputes.