UK places sanctions on Israeli settlers for ‘forcing’ Palestinians from their land

David Cameron says extremist' settlers responsible for human rights abuses against West Bank residents

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The UK has imposed sanctions against four Israeli nationals, saying they were extremist settlers" who had violently attacked Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

The measures impose strict financial and travel restrictions on the four individuals, who Britain said were involved in egregious abuses of human rights".