UK, Canada, France and Norway announce coordinated sanctions against Israeli settlers over West Bank violence
Four Western nations announced coordinated sanctions on June 9 targeting Israeli networks involved in financing and carrying out violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. The move follows escalating settler violence and is coordinated with earlier sanctions by Australia and New Zealand, reflecting Western frustration with Prime Minister Netanyahu's government's settlement expansion. The sanctions aim to hold extremist settlers accountable while pressuring Israel to take action against such violence.
Britain, Canada, France, and Norway announced new coordinated sanctions against Israeli networks involved in financing, enabling, and carrying out violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on June 9, following escalating settler violence that diplomats say undermines prospects for a Palestinian state. The measures, coordinated with sanctions previously announced by Australia and New Zealand, target specific individuals and entities: France banned Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, four settler organization leaders, and 21 violent settlers from entry; Britain targeted finance flows and a construction company; Canada sanctioned a different construction firm and its owners. Israel's government rejected the sanctions, characterizing them as politically motivated attempts to deny Jewish settlement rights, while settler leaders called for dismantling the Palestinian Authority. The joint statement from the six countries threatened further action if Israel did not take urgent steps to address settler violence, with particular concern over the E1 settlement project east of Jerusalem that could fragment Palestinian territory.
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UK, Canada, France and Norway announce coordinated sanctions over West Bank settler violence
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