Six countries sanction enablers of settler violence in occupied West Bank | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera

The United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand, and Norway imposed coordinated sanctions on Tuesday against networks involved in financing, enabling, and carrying out settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. France additionally banned Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, three settler group leaders, and 21 settlers from entering the country. The six countries warned they are prepared to take further measures if the Israeli government fails to adequately address the situation. Israel firmly denounced the sanctions, calling them disguised attempts to impose a political stance on settlement.