Overview

• Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said targeted measures will be imposed on leaders of Israeli settler groups, with operational details to follow.
• Singapore urged Israel to stop settlement construction and expansion, citing the E1 project as fragmenting the West Bank.
• Balakrishnan described recognition of a Palestinian state as a matter of when, not if, contingent on a capable Palestinian government that accepts Israel’s right to exist and renounces terrorism.
• Singapore stated it opposes attempts to create new facts on the ground that undermine prospects for a two-state solution.
• The stance comes despite longstanding Singapore–Israel ties, after Singapore backed UN recognition measures in 2024 and as many governments harden positions on settler violence, which Israel disputes along with the settlements’ illegality.