Singapore has imposed financial sanctions on four Israelis and barred them from entering the city-state, its foreign affairs ministry announced on Friday, accusing them of “egregious acts of extreme violence” against Palestinians in the West Bank.

The ministry said actions committed in the West Bank by Meir Mordechai Ettinger, Elisha Yered, Ben-Zion (Benzi) Gopstein, and Baruch Marzel were unlawful and had jeopardized the prospects for a two-state solution in Palestine.

The targeted financial sanctions and entry bans were applied “with immediate effect.”

“As a firm supporter of international law and the two-state solution, Singapore opposes any unilateral attempts to change facts on the ground through acts which are illegal under international law,” the ministry said.

All four individuals have been previously sanctioned by the European Union. Ettinger, Gopstein, and Yered have also been sanctioned by Canada. Some have also been sanctioned by the US.

The move came amid a recent surge in Jewish nationalist crime and settler violence in the West Bank. Apart from the most extreme cases, the perpetrators have generally not faced legal consequences. According to Channel 12 news, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

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