The former foreign secretary urged Sir Keir to “find a way” to punish Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and finance minister Bezalel Smotrich in an interview with Kay Burley.
While Mr. Ben-Gvir has supported the growth of illegal settlements in the West Bank, Mr. Smotrich has come under fire for implying that it could be “just and moral” to stop providing food aid to Gaza.
Prior to the general election, Lord Cameron stated that he had considered enforcing the sanctions himself.
According to him, the action to exert pressure on Israel is a “better option” than the limited arms embargo that Foreign Secretary David Lammy proposed in September, he told News.
I was considering what we could do to let the Israelis know that although we support their right to self-defense, we also encourage them to try to abide by humanitarian law, said Lord Cameron.
Additionally, these two ministers have attempted—and encouraged—to prevent help from entering Gaza and have incited the radical settlers in the West Bank to commit crimes.
I thus thought it was worthwhile to investigate the possibility of sanctioning these two ministers separately.
