UK sanctions entities linked to illegal West Bank settlements

Britain added seven new designations under its global human rights sanctions regime, targeting individuals and entities involved with Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, a government notice showed on Tuesday.

The sanctions, which were coordinated with Canada, France and Norway, are aimed at disrupting the flows of finance that have "allowed extremist settler groups to act with impunity" in the West Bank, a British government statement said.

The decision follows pressure from over 140 British MPs demanding a trade ban, alongside global backlash against a new Israeli expansion plan that would permanently divide the occupied West Bank.