Britain to sanction Israeli ministers over Gaza comments

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  1. ***From The Times:***

    Britain will formally sanction two far-right Israeli ministers over their “monstrous” comments about Gaza, in a significant break with Washington.

    The UK will join Canada, Australia, New Zealand and others on Tuesday in freezing the assets of and imposing travel bans on Itamar Ben-Gvir, the Israeli security minister, and Bezalel Smotrich, the finance minister.

    Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, has relied on Smotrich and Ben-Gvir to maintain his fragile coalition government.

    Smotrich has approved the expansion of West Bank settlements and campaigned against allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza, saying previously he would allow [“not even a grain of wheat”](https://www.thetimes.com/article/israel-sanctions-news-xthjrxh0n) to enter the warzone. He said last month that “Gaza will be entirely destroyed” and that Palestinians will “leave in great numbers to third countries”.

    Ben-Gvir has advocated the replacement of the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem with a synagogue and the expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza. “We must encourage emigration. Encourage the voluntary emigration of the residents of Gaza,” he said last year

  2. Itamar Ben-Gvir has dozens of indictments and at least eight convictions, including possessing terrorist materials.

    Bezalel Smotrich, on the other hand, is a radical settler who currently lives in a _doubly illegal_ (illegal under Israeli law and international law) settlement in the West Bank

    The only reason more European countries didn’t sanction them is they don’t want to upset the American government and risk their own security guarantee.

  3. Long overdue. If the Israeli government won’t reign them in then the international community has to step in

  5. Smart move, Netanyahu deciding to include these people in goverment was insane.

  6. Good, you can say it’s not enough and long overdue which is undoubtedly true but at least it’s a start. These two are parasites on the human race.

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