Oral Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
“What assessment he has made of the potential merits of sanctioning violent illegal Israeli settlers.”
Tabled: 13 February 2025Answered: 25 February 2025
Asked by
Anna Sabine
Liberal Democrat — Frome and East Somerset
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (Mr Hamish Falconer)
Settler violence is unacceptable. On 15 October the UK sanctioned three outposts and four entities linked to violence in the west bank under the global human rights regime. Those measures will help bring accountability to those who have supported and perpetrated such heinous abuses of human rights. The Government do not comment on future sanctions measures, as to do so would reduce their impact.