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