Six Western nations announced coordinated sanctions on June 9, 2026, targeting the financial networks behind Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. The UK, Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand, and Norway moved in unison, shifting their collective focus from punishing individual bad actors to dismantling the organizational infrastructure that funds and facilitates the violence.
The UK specifically listed six entities and one individual under its global human rights sanctions framework.
What the sanctions actually do
Among the entities sanctioned, one stands out: the Farms Association, which the UK accused of providing substantial financial and organizational support to settlements linked to violent actions against Palestinians. The designation effectively freezes any assets these entities hold within the sanctioning countries and bars financial institutions from processing transactions on their behalf.
France went a step further, imposing entry bans on 26 individuals. That list includes Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a far-right figure who has openly advocated for settlement expansion.
