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Canada joins U.K., others in sanctioning two Israeli cabinet ministers

  • David Baxter

    David Baxter

  • Canadian Press

  • June 10, 2025

Surrounded by security guards, Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, centre, participates in a march marking Jerusalem Day, an Israeli holiday celebrating the capture of East Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war, in Damascus Gate of Jerusalem's Old City on Monday, May 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

OTTAWA -- Canada is joining the U.K., Norway, Australia and New Zealand in sanctioning two Israeli cabinet ministers for "inciting violence against Palestinians in the West Bank."

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich are accused of advocating for "extremist rhetoric" in advocating for the displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank and the expansion of Israeli settlements in the territory.

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