European activists have called on on Europe to ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements, the US-based NGO Human Rights Watch has said in a statement on Monday. “Settlements unlawfully rob local populations of their land, resources, and livelihoods,” Bruno Stagno, chief advocacy officer at Human Rights Watch, said in the statement. “No country should be enabling the trade in goods produced as a result of land theft, displacement, and discrimination.” HRW’s statement follows the rights watchdog’s decision to sign onto a citizen-led initiative collecting signatures to petition the European Unio…