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The Prime Minister publicly denounces attacks by extremist settlers while simultaneously relying on and empowering far-right factions within his governing coalition.
The UK, Canada, France, Norway, and Australia have announced coordinated sanctions targeting Israeli settlers and networks involved in violence in the West Bank. France has also banned two Israeli ministers from entering the country as part of this push.
Ireland's Foreign Affairs Minister, McEntee, has condemned an Israeli settlement proposal as a 'fundamental threat' to the Palestinian state, demanding a 'robust' response and criticizing an 'alarming and escalating pattern of violence' by extremist settlers.
Illegal Israeli settlements are rapidly expanding in the occupied West Bank, encouraged by the Israeli government and protected by the army, leading to an increase in violent attacks by extremist settlers against Palestinians.
The Israeli military is set to outline a plan within two weeks to transfer authority for addressing West Bank settler violence from the IDF to the police, following criticism over its handling of extremist settlers.
Jewish extremist settlers attacked Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank, setting fire to homes and cars over the weekend in retaliation for the death of an 18-year-old Israeli boy.