Imposing British sanctions on settlers who "violently attacked Palestinians in the West Bank." British Foreign Secretary: “We will place responsibility on those who undermine the chances of peace.”

The British government announced today (Monday) that it will impose sanctions on four settlers for “practicing violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.”

The official announcement issued on behalf of British Foreign Secretary David Cameron stated that the sanctions include economic and travel restrictions, aimed at combating the ongoing settler violence that threatens stability in the West Bank.

The announcement also included the names of the four Israelis who will be subjected to sanctions, along with details of their “actions, such as threatening and harassing Palestinian shepherds and their women in the Jordan Valley region.”

In October 2023, a Palestinian group of 20 families fled, after one of the four punishers attacked the residents and told them they had five hours to evacuate.

While another of the four punished, “a settler who commands the Havat Zvi settlement outpost, has used violence since its establishment in 2018 and threats against local Palestinian residents, including threats with a gun, against young families who were on a picnic.” As for the third punisher, according to the British, “he was involved in a large number of incidents against Palestinian shepherds in the hills of the southern Hebron Hills,” and he was a soldier in the IDF who was injured by an RPG shell in Khan Yunis.

The last of them is the one on whom the United States previously imposed sanctions. The United Kingdom stated in the official announcement that the aforementioned “is the leader of a settlement outpost established in 2021, and the settlers who live there are using physical violence, sabotage, and destruction of property to displace Palestinian communities, including the gathering in Khirbet Zanuta in October 2023.”

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said: “Today’s sanctions impose restrictions on those involved in some of the most horrific human rights violations. We must be clear about what is happening here. Extremist settlers are threatening Palestinians, sometimes with weapons, and forcibly expelling them from lands they legally own.” "This is illegal and unacceptable behavior."

In his words, Cameron addressed Israel and said that it must move more effectively to stop settler violence. “Too often we see that the commitments made and the tasks given are not fulfilled and are not implemented to the end. Extremist settlers who consider Palestinian citizens as targets and attack them undermine security and stability in the region, both for Israelis and for Palestinians,” the Foreign Minister said. British.

It is noteworthy that at the beginning of this month, US President Joe Biden signed a presidential order imposing sanctions on extremist settlers involved in acts of violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. In the first round, sanctions will be imposed on four settlers, who participated in actions that include setting fire to property that led to the death of a Palestinian, and violent threats to the Palestinian Bedouin population. Threatening them to leave their homes, and violent attacks on Palestinian farmers and Israeli peace activists.