Australia has joined the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Canada and Norway in sanctioning two senior members of the Israeli government over their conduct in the West Bank.
UK Foreign Minister David Lamy has accused Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich of inciting violence against Palestinians. The pair chanted ‘death to Arabs’ in the Jerusalem Day events and suggested Gaza should be starved.
The Netanyahu government has blasted the sanctions as ‘outrageous’ and ‘unacceptable’. Foreign Minister Penny Wong says the decision does not signal Australia’s shift from supporting Israel’s security in the aftermath of Hamas’ October 7 rampage.
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