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Former British Prime Minister David Cameron has urged the current Labour government of Keir Starmer to impose sanctions against two far-right allies of President Benjamin Netanyahu, whom he holds responsible for advocating violence and potential human rights violations against the Palestinian people.
Lord Cameron, who managed the diplomatic portfolio for several months until the Conservatives' defeat last July, identified Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir as "extremists" who have incited illegal actions in the West Bank and Gaza.
According to his statement on the BBC, personal restrictions would send a message to the Israeli Prime Minister that Western allies "are prepared to use the sanctions regime" against "ministers in his government who are extremists."
Cameron added that the paperwork to ban entry into the UK and freeze any assets the two ministers might have in the country was advanced during the eight months he led the Foreign Office. The plan collapsed due to the early elections. It was considered an "overly political act," which risked heightening tensions in certain communities during the campaign.
Smotrich is accused of suggesting it would be "justified and moral" for residents of the Strip to starve and of inciting settlers to occupy settlements in the West Bank so that the "desert blooms." The former British leader holds the two far-right ministers responsible for "inciting people to stop humanitarian aid convoys in Gaza, inciting extremist settlers with the terrible acts they have perpetrated in the West Bank."
During Cameron's brief tenure at the Foreign Office, the then-government of Rishi Sunak imposed sanctions on four extremist leaders and settlers for human rights abuses against Palestinian communities in the West Bank. He now reproaches his successor in the ministry, Labour's David Lammy, for shelving his plan to extend sanctions to the two far-right ministers supporting Netanyahu's coalition government.
Cameron also criticizes Starmer for taking the "wrong path" by authorizing limited restrictions on the sale of British arms to Israel. The decision, announced last month, indicates that there is an "obvious risk" that the banned military parts and components could be used in operations contrary to international law.
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