France has decided to impose sanctions on ‘extremist Israeli settlers’, reports Al Jazeera.
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna has announced during a meeting with her British counterpart, David Cameron, in Paris.
France “has decided to take measures … against certain extremist Israeli settlers,” she said. “I was able to see for myself the violence committed by certain of these extremist settlers. It’s unacceptable,” added Colonna, who returned to the French capital after a trip to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories.
According to the UN, Israeli settlers who live illegally in the occupied West Bank have intensified assaults on Palestinians there during the Gaza war, waging more than 300 attacks.
The US and the UK have also announced measures against some Israeli settlers earlier this month, imposing visa restrictions on those “believed to have been involved in undermining peace, security or stability in the West Bank”.
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