England – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that he will impose sanctions against Ministers Ben Gvir and Smotrich “not only because of their statements, but also because of activities in the West Bank.”
Reuters reported yesterday, Wednesday, that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was asked about the sanctions imposed on Ben Gvir and Smotrich, and he said that he was studying them, whether in the wake of the statements or in the wake of the activity in the West Bank.
It is noteworthy that former British Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron said last night that he planned to impose sanctions on “two Israeli ministers from the extreme right” before the previous British government ended its term.
The former foreign minister told the BBC that he considered imposing sanctions on Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gabir a way to “pressure Netanyahu” to act within international law. Lord Cameron said: “Before I left office, I worked to impose sanctions on these two ministers, Ministers Smotrich and Ben Gvir, and when you look at what they say, they said things like encouraging people to stop aid convoys entering Gaza, and they encouraged extremist settlers in the West Bank because “The horrific things they do.”
He continued: “So the goal was to say to Netanyahu: Yes, we support your right to self-defense. No, we will not stop the sale of weapons, but specifically when the ministers in your government are extremists and act in this way, we are ready to use our sanctions system to say “This is not good and it must stop.”
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