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Bloomberg | | Posted by Zarafshan Shiraz
New Zealand issued journey bans in opposition to a variety of “extremist Israeli settlers,” becoming a member of the US and different nations in cracking down on people who commit violent assaults in opposition to Palestinians within the West Financial institution.
New Zealand’s constant place is that Israeli settlements within the occupied Palestinian territories are a violation of worldwide regulation, Overseas Minister Winston Peters mentioned in a press release on Thursday.
“Settlements undermine the prospects for a viable two-state answer,” he mentioned. “Current statements by some Israeli ministers about plans for additional settlement development are of significant concern and can increase tensions additional between Israelis and Palestinians.”
Earlier this month, President Joe Biden signed an govt order permitting the US to impose extra sanctions on Israeli settlers — and presumably authorities officers — concerned in violence in opposition to Palestinians, whereas the UK additionally issued a journey ban and imposed monetary sanction in opposition to 4 Israeli settlers.
New Zealand additionally Thursday designated Hamas in its entirety — together with its political wing — a terrorist entity following the Oct. 7 bloodbath in Israel.
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