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

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The UK, Australia, Canada, France, and Norway imposed sanctions on networks financing and enabling settler attacks against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, with France also barring Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. Israel rejected the measures as political, while the sanctioning countries stated they aim to hold extremist settlers accountable amid a surge in violence and settlement expansion since October 7, 2023.

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

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