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UK announces sanctions on four Israeli settlers

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Published: 22:53, 12 February 2024   Update: 22:58, 12 February 2024
UK announces sanctions on four Israeli settlers

The United Kingdom has announced sanctions on four Israeli settlers accused of committing human rights abuses against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

The sanctions announced on Monday after a similar move by the United States this month.

The sanctions represent a rare move by London and Washington against Israelis as war rages in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Announcing the asset freezes and travel and visa bans against the settlers, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said: “Israel must also take stronger action and put a stop to settler violence.”

Cameron said “extremist Israeli settlers” are threatening Palestinians, often at gunpoint, and “forcing them off land that is rightfully theirs,” branding the behaviour “illegal and unacceptable”.

 

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