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Seven Israelis and one Israeli youth group involved in violent attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank have been hit with financial sanctions and travel bans by the Australian government, foreign minister Penny Wong has announced. Wong’s office released a statement early this morning on the imposition of Magnitsky-style sanctions over their “involvement in settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.
” “The individuals sanctioned today have been involved in violent attacks on Palestinians. This includes beatings, sexual assault and torture of Palestinians resulting in serious injury and in some cases, death. The entity sanctioned is a youth group that is responsible for inciting and perpetrating violence against Palestinian communities,” Wong said in the statement.
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