{"id":2612441,"date":"2026-06-09T12:16:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T16:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-calls-foreign-sanctions-over-west-bank-settler-violence-disgraceful\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T12:20:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T16:20:03","slug":"israel-calls-foreign-sanctions-over-west-bank-settler-violence-disgraceful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-calls-foreign-sanctions-over-west-bank-settler-violence-disgraceful\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel calls foreign sanctions over West Bank settler violence \u2018disgraceful\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fisrael-calls-foreign-sanctions-over-west-bank-settler-violence-disgraceful%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2612441&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Israel denounced new sanctions announced by countries including the UK, Australia, Canada, France, and Norway over violence by West bank settlers, calling the measures \u201cdisgraceful\u201d and accusing the governments of trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnns-tapper-refuses-to-cover-potentially-dangerous-trump-remarks\/\" title=\"Tapper of CNN won&#039;t report on Trump&#039;s &#039;risky&#039; comments.\">influence political outcomes<\/a> in the Israeli-palestinian conflict.israel said the sanctions were being framed as efforts to curb violence,but were actually meant to push a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/assanges-fiance-if-i-could-speak-to-the-president-i-would-tell-him-julians-liberty-and-the-liberty-of-the-united-states-hang-together\/\" title=\"Assange\u2019s Fianc\u00e9: \u2018If I Could Speak to the President, I Would Tell Him Julian\u2019s Liberty and the Liberty of the United States Hang Together\u2019\">political position<\/a> about Jews living in Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The sanctioning countries said the steps target individuals and organizations linked to settler violence, aiming to disrupt financing networks that support attacks and to back movement toward a two<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-expects-ties-visit-by-morocco-to-israel-next-week\/\" title=\"Netanyahu expects ties visit by Morocco to ... next week\">-state solution<\/a>. Israel disputed this and criticized what it described as the governments\u2019 failure to address Palestinian incitement and the Palestinian Authority\u2019s \u201cpay-for-slay\u201d policy that provides payments to families of people jailed or killed in attacks on Israelis.israel also argued that the sanctions ignore antisemitism in the sanctioning countries and would instead fuel anti-Jewish sentiment.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"219\">Israel<\/a> on Tuesday called sanctions imposed by several countries over violence by settlers in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/west-bank\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1969\">West Bank<\/a> \u201cdisgraceful\u201d and accused foreign governments of attempting to dictate political outcomes in the Israeli-<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/palestinian\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"6975\">Palestinian<\/a> conflict.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement posted by the Israeli Foreign Ministry, the government said it \u201cfirmly rejects the disgraceful measures adopted by foreign governments against Israeli citizens, entities and a government minister.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a 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style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rebuke came after the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-kingdom\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"547\">United Kingdom<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/australia\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1406\">Australia<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/canada\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"366\">Canada<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/france\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"387\">France<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/norway\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4025\">Norway<\/a> announced a new round of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >sanctions targeting individuals<\/a> and organizations linked to settler violence in the West Bank. The joint statement said the measures are intended to disrupt networks of finance that allegedly facilitate attacks against Palestinians and to support efforts toward a two-state solution. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor too long, violent settlers have been able to act with near impunity, and settlement expansion and creation of outposts continue with the support and facilitation of the Government of Israel,\u201d the statement said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel criticized what it described as a failure by those governments to address Palestinian incitement and the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/palestinian-authority\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2030\">Palestinian Authority\u2019s<\/a> controversial \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3819791\/keir-starmer-demand-palestinian-authority-cease-pay-for-slay-program\/\">pay-for-slay<\/a>\u201d policy of providing payments to the families of Palestinians imprisoned or killed in connection with attacks on Israelis. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAstonishingly, these governments have also failed to impose sanctions or take action against the phenomena that truly drive violence \u2013 the Palestinian Authority\u2019s salaries for terrorists (\u201cpay-for-slay\u201d) policy and incitement,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sanctions follow weeks of mounting international pressure on Israel over deteriorating conditions in the West Bank, with the United Nations <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ochaopt.org\/content\/humanitarian-situation-report-25-may-2026\">saying<\/a> there has been an average of six attacks by settlers per day this year. Last month, the leaders of the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, and the Netherlands <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pm.gc.ca\/en\/news\/statements\/2026\/05\/22\/joint-statement-situation-west-bank\">issued a joint statement<\/a> saying that settler violence had reached \u201cunprecedented levels\u201d and that continued settlement expansion threatened the viability of a future Palestinian state. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/magazine\/3429209\/future-of-palestinian-movement-israel-hamas-gaza\/\"><strong>THE FUTURE OF THE PALESTINIAN MOVEMENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In its response Tuesday, Israel also accused the governments behind the sanctions of failing to adequately confront antisemitism within their own countries and argued that the measures would only encourage anti-Jewish sentiment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat these governments have in common is their resounding failure to combat the antisemitism that is rampant in their own countries,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tensions-flare-between-china-india-after-clashes-at-himalayan-border\/\" title=\"Tensions flare between China, India after clashes at Himalayan border\">foreign ministry<\/a> said. \u201cAnti-Israeli policies of the kind adopted today only serve to fuel that antisemitism.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel denounces sanctions over West Bank settler violence as disgraceful<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4130,"featured_media":2612442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25365398058169.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3817,81070,4671,69811,40331],"class_list":["post-2612441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-diplomacy","tag-foreign-sanctions","tag-israel","tag-settler-violence","tag-west-bank"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25365398058169.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2612441"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2612445,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612441\/revisions\/2612445"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2612442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2612441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2612441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2612441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}