UK, Australia, Canada, N.Zealand, Norway sanction far-right Israeli ministers

Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway on Tuesday ordered sanctions against two hardline Israeli ministers for “repeated incitements of violence” against Palestinians, upping their condemnation of Israel’s actions in the Gaza war.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir will be banned from entering the UK and will have any assets in the country frozen, Britain’s foreign ministry said in a statement.

The Israeli government faces growing…