UK and Allies Sanction Israeli Ministers Over West Bank Violence

Britain and four allied nations—Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Norway—imposed sanctions on Tuesday against two senior Israeli cabinet ministers, accusing them of inciting violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. The targeted individuals, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, are both settlers and influential figures in Israel’s far-right government. The…