The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that Canada is imposing new sanctions under the Special Economic Measures (Extremist Settler Violence) Regulations. This round of sanctions lists four individuals and two entities for their roles in participating in or facilitating acts of harassment and violence, including attacks on humanitarian convoys, dispossession of property and displacement of Palestinian communities.
Extremist settler violence has resulted in loss of life and damage to Palestinian property and farming lands. These attacks have also resulted in the forced displacement of Palestinian communities.
Attacks by extremist Israeli settlers-a long-standing source of tension and conflict in the region-undermine the human rights of Palestinians, prospects for a two-state solution and pose significant risks to regional security.
The four individuals are the following:
- Neria Ben Pazi
- Noam Federman
- Eden Levi
- Shlomo Sarid
The two entities are the following:
- Mount Hebron Fund
- Shlom Asiraich
Canada continues to oppose the expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem and is committed to a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East. As referred to in UN Security Council resolutions 446 (1979) and 465 (1980), Israeli settlements in the occupied territories are a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
