The UK imposed sanctions on Tuesday on two illegal settlement outposts and three Israeli settlers, including veteran settler leader Daniella Weiss and her organization Nachala, a company involved in the construction of illegal settlement outposts.

The measures, including asset freezes, financial restrictions and travel bans, were announced on the same day that the UK suspended trade talks with Israel, citing the renewed military campaign in Gaza and Israel’s policy on aid restrictions into the territory.

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the sanctions were enacted to “hold extremist settlers to account,” adding that the Israeli government’s “consistent failure” to act against such people was endangering the prospects of a two-state solution.

“I have seen for myself the consequences of settler violence. The fear of its victims. The impunity of its perpetrators,” said Lammy in announcing the sanctions.

“The sanctioning of Daniella Weiss and others today demonstrates our determination to hold extremist settlers to account as Palestinian communities suffer violence and intimidation at the hands of extremist settlers,” he said.

Harel Libi, a resident of the illegal settlement outpost of Adei Ad, was also sanctioned, as was Zohar Sabah, the founder of an illegal farming outpost.

The UK Foreign Office accused all three individuals of being involved in “threatening and perpetuating acts of aggression and violence against Palestinian individuals.”

Sabah was indicted in September last year for his role in assaulting........

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