French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot condemns violence in the West Bank by Israeli settlers against Palestinians and adds that this justifies France’s recent sanctions against far-right National Security Itamar Ben Gvir.
“What is happening today in the West Bank is utterly disgraceful and should fill us all with revulsion,” Barrot writes on X.
“This is why we have sanctioned Israeli minister Ben Gvir, whose recent comments are unacceptable and inhuman,” adds Barrot.
In May, France announced it was banning Ben Gvir from French territory.
Barrot reiterates that new sanctions could be implemented against Israeli settlers deemed to be involved in violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.
In June, Britain, Canada, France and Norway announced coordinated sanctions against Israeli networks involved in financing, enabling and carrying out violence in the West Bank.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry rejected the June measures and said the governments imposing them had failed to control antisemitism and were fueling it with such sanctions.
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