Singapore to sanction Israelis for 'extreme violence' against Palestinians

Singapore's foreign affairs ministry on Friday said that the country will sanction four Israelis and bar them from entering for “egregious acts of extreme violence” against Palestinians in the West Bank, Reuters reported. 

Actions committed in the West Bank by Meir Mordechai Ettinger, Elisha Yered, Bentzi Gopstein, and Baruch Marzel were unlawful and had jeopardized the prospects for a two-state solution, the ministry said. 

“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,” it said.

All four individuals have previously been sanctioned by the European Union.

In September, Singapore’s foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan announced in parliament that leaders of Israeli settler groups would be sanctioned.