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The UK has announced co-ordinated sanctions with international partners against individuals and entities accused of financing or enabling settler violence in the occupied West Bank. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said the measures targeted networks involved in supporting violence, intimidation and forced displacement of Palestinians.
Yvette Cooper, the Foreign Secretary, said settler expansion and violence were illegal and represented a fundamental threat to the viability of a two-state solution. The Government said the latest action came amid continued settlement expansion, including the E1 project, and record levels of settler violence.
The UK has urged the Government of Israel to end settlement expansion, act against settler violence, prosecute those responsible and lift restrictions affecting the Palestinian economy. Ministers said further action could follow if the situation did not improve.