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countries sanction enablers of settler violence in occupied West Bank The United Kingdom, Australia, Canada
sanctions on Israel, despite some member states criticising the country over the plight of Gaza and violence against Palestinians by Israeli settlers in the West Bank
West Bank village that has endured a [years-long legal battle](/news/2023/1/31/palestinians-in-khan-al-ahmar-stand-ground-amid-displacement-plan) with Israeli authorities for its survival. In November 2024, the ICC issued [arrest warrants](/news/2025/12/15/icc-rejects-israeli-bid-to-block-gaza-war-crimes-investigation) for Netanyahu and his former Defence Minister Yoav
West Bank have prompted the former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert to [call](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/25/no-israel-prosecutions-for-killing-palestinian-civilians-in-occupied-west-bank-since-start-of-decade) for the international criminal court to intervene “to save the Palestinians and us [Israelis]” from state-backed settler violence
West Bank, where rising settler violence against Palestinians has received widespread condemnation by European governments. The [violence](/news/2026/3/23/israeli-settlers-rampage-through-west-bank-towns-for-second-night-in-a-row), which Palestinians and activists say is ignored and often supported by the Israeli armed forces, has prompted
settler violence as part of Israel’s E1 plan,” which it said sought to bisect the West Bank and would “make the two-state solution that we all want to see an impossibility”. The letter
violence by settlers towards Palestinians. The UN documented more than 1,800 settler attacks in 2025 that resulted in casualties or damage to property, in around 280 communities across the West Bank. Recent examples include
West Bank, as well as the [rampant violence](/news/2026/5/12/palestine-weekly-wrap-israeli-settlers-rampage-through-west-bank-villages) by Jewish settlers against Palestinians. The video shared by Ben-Gvir has sparked global backlash, with [several countries](/news/2026/5/20/at-least-87-gaza-aid-flotilla-activists-abducted-by-israel-on-hunger-strike) issuing formal statements of condemnation. A handful
sanctioned last June](https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny-wong/media-release/joint-statement-foreign-ministers-australia-canada-new-zealand-norway-and-united-kingdom-measures-targeting-itamar-ben-gvir-and-bezalel-smotrich) by the governments of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom for inciting extremist violence and serious abuses of Palestinian human rights. In the statement the international
settlers and pro-settlement groups. Ben-Gvir is among several Israeli leaders and organisations that have been temporarily or outright banned by countries in the West, or sanctioned under international law since Israel’s genocide
violence continues across the region, with Israeli settlers killing two people, including a child, in the occupied West Bank, and Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon wounding civilians and damaging homes despite a 10-day ceasefire
violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. Outspoken since returning to the backbench after the 2025 election, Husic said Australia and the international community [had been warned](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/27/israel-still-committing-genocide-in-gaza-amnesty-international-says) about potential genocide against Palestinians
violence in the West Bank took place across a cluster of villages northeast of Ramallah – Khirbet Abu Falah, al-Mughayyir and Turmus Aya – where three new illegal Jewish outposts have been established in the past
country’s citizens and announced that he would push at the European Union level for sanctions against Ben-Gvir specifically, having already banned him from entering Spain. Even the United States ambassador to Israel, Mike
settler movement, in the event. Smotrich was among several Israeli lawmakers and cabinet officials who marched in the parade on Sunday. His appearance marked his first trip to the US in [more than a year
countries detained, organisers said they fear the sanctions and accusations of Hamas links are being used to justify further crackdowns. The concerns come amid previous allegations by activists of abuse, including sexual abuse, during past
West Bank – as well as advancing the government’s narratives. “One example is archaeology projects,” said Becker. “Those often have the goal to prove that Palestinians do not exist and that Palestine was empty before
West only discovers property rights when the landowners are white On May 7, Zimbabwe’s Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka announced in parliament that the government would return 67 farms seized during the country’s land
country since its founding. ![Right-wing protesters wave Israeli flags outside Sde Teiman detention facility, after Israeli Military Police arrived at the site as part of an investigation into suspected abuse of a Palestinian detainee