Multiple Nations Impose Coordinated Sanctions on West Bank Settlers Over Violence
The UK, Canada, France, Norway, and other nations have announced coordinated sanctions against individuals and entities linked to escalating violence by Israeli settlers in the West Bank, which diplomats say undermines prospects for a Palestinian state.
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UK and allies impose sanctions on firms enabling West Bank settler violence
Labour backbenchers disappointed as new trade guidance over illegal settlements stops short of outright ban The UK in alliance with a group of other western powers including France and Norway has announced it is imposing sanctions on six firms and one individual involved in enabling and financing the recent upsurge in settler violence in the West Bank. However, the foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, disappointed many of her own backbenchers by stopping short of banning trade, saying instead th...
By Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
Read full article →Six countries sanction enablers of settler violence in occupied West Bank
The Western nations also say they will take further measures if Israel fails to address the situation on the ground.
Read full article →UN report exposes brutal reality for Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank
Palestinian civilians are caught between “mass atrocities” of Israeli forces, settlers and Hamas’ brutal rule, a UN-mandated inquiry said on Tuesday. Civilians across war-ravaged Gaza and the occupied West Bank are being “systematically and deliberately” subjected to severe rights violations, the UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry said. The investigative team, which last year concluded that Israel had committed “genocide” in the war in Gaza, highlighted in a new report that...
By Agence France-Presse
Read full article →UK, Canada, France and Norway announce co-ordinated sanctions over West Bank settler violence
The move follows escalating violence by Israeli settlers, which diplomats say is intended to undermine prospects for a Palestinian state
By Sarah Young and Alexander Cornwell
Read full article →UN accuses Israel of aiding West Bank settler violence, says Hamas committed war crimes in Gaza
The UN report claimed that Israeli authorities had enabled settler attacks through financial and military support, in an alleged climate of impunity fostered by judicial and law-enforcement bodies.
Read full article →UN report accuses Israel of enabling settler violence against Palestinians in West Bank
Israeli authorities are directly involved in settler attacks that have killed, injured and displaced Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, while Israeli security forces provide protection to settlers, a U.N. inquiry said on Tuesday. The report by the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory found that Israeli authorities have enabled settler attacks through […]
Read full article →Palestinians subjected to 'mass atrocities' by Israel forces, settlers
A U.N.-mandated inquiry reported Tuesday that Palestinian civilians are facing 'mass atrocities' committed by Israeli forces and settlers. Civilians across war-ravaged Gaza and th...
Read full article →Palestinians ‘trapped’ between Israeli forces, settlers, Hamas — UN
A UN inquiry reveals Palestinian civilians are systematically subjected to severe rights violations, caught between Israeli forces, settlers, and Hamas’s r Read More: https://punchng.com/palestinians-trapped-between-israeli-forces-settlers-hamas-un/
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