Canada’s Foreign Ministry has imposed sanctions on seven Israeli settlers and five entities in the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera reports.
“We remain deeply concerned by extremist settler violence in the West Bank and condemn such acts, not only for the significant impact they have on Palestinian lives but also for the corrosive impact they have on prospects for lasting peace,” Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said in a statement.
Those targeted include Ben-Zion Gopstein, founder and leader of the right-wing group Lehava, which opposes Jewish assimilation with non-Jews.