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Thursday, February 29, 2024
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Thursday, February 29, 2024
Along with Hamas terror designation, New Zealand imposes travel ban on ‘extremist’ settlers
New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon reacts as he speaks during a press conference in Sydney on December 20, 2023. (David Gray/AFP)
In addition to listing Hamas in its entirety as a terrorist entity, New Zealand imposes travel bans on “extremist” Israeli settlers whom it says has committed violent attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he’s “seriously concerned by the significant increase in extremist violence perpetrated by Israeli settlers” against Palestinians in recent months.
“This is particularly destabilizing in what is already a major crisis,” Luxon says.
