05/03/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/03/2024 06:12
The UK has imposed new sanctions on extremist groups and individuals for inciting and perpetrating settler violence in the West Bank.
Further sanctions package targets those inciting and perpetrating settler violence against Palestinian communities in the West Bank.
New measures follow unprecedented rise in settler violence over the last year and come after a previous UK sanctions package in February.
The Foreign Secretary has today announced further sanctions on extremist Israeli groups and individuals for violence in the West Bank.
Today's package includes two groups known to have supported, incited and promoted violence against Palestinian communities in the West Bank, as well as four individuals responsible for perpetrating human rights abuses against these communities.
The measures follow an unprecedented rise in settler violence in the West Bank over the last year, with the UN recording almost 800 incidents since October.
Hilltop Youth, one of the groups sanctioned today, is a hardline nationalist Israeli youth group which establishes illegal settler outposts across the West Bank with the stated mission of expelling all Palestinians from the Occupied Territories. Lehava is also sanctioned today for facilitating, inciting, and promoting violence against Arab and Palestinian communities.
Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron said:
Extremist settlers are undermining security and stability and threatening prospects for peace.
This latest package of sanctions targets two groups leading these attacks, and four individuals who are directly responsible for egregious violence against Palestinian civilians.
The Israeli authorities must clamp down on those responsible. The UK will not hesitate to take further action if needed, including through further sanctions.
The four individuals sanctioned today for egregious human rights abuses against Palestinian communities are:
Today's measures impose financial restrictions on the entities and individuals, and travel restrictions on the individuals.
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