UK sanctions two far-right Israeli ministers for ‘repeated incitements of violence’ against Palestinians [Video]

Britain has formally sanctioned two far-right Israeli ministers for their “repeated incitements of violence against Palestinian communities”.

The UK will freeze the assets of Israeli security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, and finance minister Bezalel Smotrich, and impose travel bans.

The move will see Britain join Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway in imposing sanctions in a personal capacity on the pair.

The Foreign Office stressed this was in response to “their repeated incitements of violence against Palestinian communities”

It added that the UK has made clear in public and private to the Netanyahu government that Israel must cease expansion of illegal settlements in the West Bank which undermine a future Palestinian state, clamp down on settler violence, and condemn inflammatory and extremist statements from both ministers.

Foreign Secretary David Lammy, in a joint statement with the foreign ministers from the other four nations, said: “Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich have incited …