British lawmaker Zarah Sultana and former Scottish first minister Hamza Yousaf have welcomed the imposition of sanctions on far-right Israeli ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich by the UK and four other nations Britain and four other nations.
Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway joined Britain in freezing the assets and imposing travel bans on the two ministers for repeatedly inciting violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.
Reacting to the move, Sultana said on X: “Good. Now sanction the entire Israeli government & military officials.
“Genocide, war crimes, apartheid, ethnic cleansing, mass displacement and land theft aren’t just the agenda of two extremists — they’re official state policy,” she added.
Meanwhile, Yousaf welcomed sanctioning “extremists”.
“However, let’s not forget it is Netanyahu who is wanted by the ICC for war crimes, he too should be sanctioned,” he added, also calling on the UK to stop all arms sales to Israel.
