UK and allies sanction 'networks' enabling settler violence in West Bank

France will also bar far-right Israeli Minister Bezalel Smotrich from entry as part of the measures, which Israel condemns as "disgraceful".

The UK, along with Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand, and Norway, has imposed sanctions on individuals and entities involved in financing and enabling settler violence in the occupied West Bank. These measures aim to disrupt financial flows supporting extremist settler groups and demonstrate a commitment to a two-state solution. France has also barred Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich from entry as part of these sanctions.

The UK, in alliance with France and other Western nations, has announced sanctions on six firms and one individual involved in enabling and financing settler violence in the West Bank. The UK government also advises British businesses against economic activities in illegal Israeli settlements, emphasizing the illegality of such settlements under international law.

The United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand, and Norway have imposed coordinated sanctions targeting networks involved in financing, enabling, and carrying out settler violence against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The move responds to record illegal settlement expansion and rising violence by settlers in the region.

France has banned Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich from entering the country, becoming the latest Western nation to take direct action against senior members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition amid pressure over Israeli settlement policy and violence in the occupied West Bank.

A coalition of six countries, including the UK, France, and others, has issued new joint sanctions on Israeli settlers and settlements in the West Bank, escalating pressure on Israel over a wave of violence against Palestinians in the occupied territory. The sanctions target networks involved in financing and enabling settler violence.