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LONDON: Britain, Canada, France and Norway announced coordinated sanctions on Tuesday against Israeli networks involved in financing, enabling and carrying out violence in Israeli-occupied West Bank.
The move follows escalating violence by Israeli settlers, which diplomats say is intended to undermine prospects for a Palestinian state.
Meanwhile, a UN inquiry said on Tuesday that Israeli forces shield settlers during attacks on Palestinians in occupied West Bank. Israeli authorities are directly involved in settler attacks that have killed, injured and displaced Palestinians, while Israeli forces provide protection to settlers, the inquiry said.
The report by the Commission of Inquiry found that Israeli authorities had enabled settler attacks through financial and military support, in a climate of impunity fostered by judicial and law-enforcement bodies.
