London: Britain and the foreign ministers of Australia, Canada, France, and Norway said today they had taken coordinated action to hold extremist Israeli settlers accountable in response to what they described as the deteriorating situation in the West Bank. After imposing new sanctions earlier today, the group expressed their readiness to take further action if the Israeli government does not take urgent steps to address the situation on the ground.

According to Oman News Agency, French Foreign Minister Jean-No«l Barrot stated that France, Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Norway had imposed sanctions related to acts of violence in the West Bank. In a post on X, he further noted that France had also banned the entry of Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, along with four leaders of settler organizations and 21 settlers involved in acts of violence.