UK, 4 Allies Sanction 6 Entities and 1 Individual Over West Bank Settler Violence
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Updated · BBC.com · Jun 9
UK, 4 Allies Sanction 6 Entities and 1 Individual Over West Bank Settler Violence
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jun 9
Summary
Six entities and one individual accused of financing, enabling or carrying out settler attacks were hit with asset freezes, travel bans and director disqualifications by the UK, Australia, Canada, France and Norway.
The five governments said the move targets networks behind worsening attacks on Palestinians, after the UN recorded 1,835 settler incidents in 2025 that killed seven people and injured 832.
Britain also updated official guidance to explicitly warn businesses against economic and financial activity in illegal settlements, saying violent settler groups should not profit from seized land.
France separately barred Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich from entry and said 21 violent settlers and four settler-organization leaders were also banned, while Norway barred 20 settlers.
Israel rejected the measures as political and anti-Israeli, while the Palestinians welcomed them amid broader scrutiny of settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank.