Tuesday, October 15, 2024

UK imposes new sanctions against illegal Israeli settlers in West Bank

from Daily Sabah

The British government announced a new set of sanctions against three illegal Israeli settler outposts and four groups for committing violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, as it called on Israel to crack down on abuses against Palestinians and the expansion of illegal settlements on Palestinian land.

Foreign Secretary David Lammy said that the Israeli government's "inaction... has allowed an environment of impunity to flourish where settler violence has been allowed to increase unchecked."

The sanctions are the third imposed by London targeting those involved in settler violence since February.

The organizations listed are a religious school Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva, the Hashomer Yosh NGO, the charity Torat Lechima and Amana, a construction company...

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