Surrounded by security guards, Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, centre, participates in a march marking Jerusalem Day, an Israeli holiday celebrating the capture of East Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war, in Damascus Gate of Jerusalem’s Old City on Monday, May 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Canada has joined the U.K., Norway, Australia and New Zealand in sanctioning two Israeli cabinet ministers for “inciting violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.”
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich are accused of pushing “extremist rhetoric” by calling for the displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank and the expansion of Israeli settlements in the territory.
Israel’s Foreign Affairs Minister Gideon Sa’ar said Tuesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is calling a meeting early next week to decide on a response to the sanctions.
“It is outrageous that elected representatives and members of the government are …