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UK Israeli group call for Labour government to sanction Ben Gvir and Smotrich

Diaspora activists warn of ‘extremist threat’ as they urge UK to sanction far-right Israeli ministers

By Jane Prinsley

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More than 160 Israelis in the UK have signed a letter calling for far-right Israeli ministers to be sanctioned by the British government. Pictured - A man stands with a sign showing the faces of Israeli politicians (L to R) Bezalel Smotrich, Simcha Rothman, Benjamin Netanyahu, Yariv Levin, and Itamar Ben-Gvir behind black bars, during a protest in Israel calling for the release of hostages. (Photo via Getty Images)
Protesters set barrels on fire during a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister and his government near Netanyahu's private house in June 2024 in Caesarea, Israel. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

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Zur has been in active IDF service for over a year and is furious with the Netanyahu government for sacking Defence Minister Yoav Gallant (Photo: Zur)

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Israeli newspaper Haaretz has apologised after losing hundreds of subscriptions when its publisher called Hamas 'freedom fighters' at a London conference (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images)

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Demonstrators sit before Israeli border guards during a protest vigil in Beit Jala in the occupied West Bank on 3 September, 2024. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP) (Photo by HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images)

British Jew expelled from Israel after trying to make aliyah

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Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir joins Jewish nationalists, including far-right activists, rallying at Jerusalem's Damascus Gate on 5 June, 2024 during the so-called Jerusalem Day flag march, that commemorates the Israeli army's capture in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war of the city's eastern sector, home to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, Islam's third holiest site, which Jews call the Temple Mount. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli defence minister calls Ben Gvir’s Temple Mount statements ‘dangerous, unnecessary and irresponsible’

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Israeli soldiers and police clash with right wing protesters after they broke into the Beit Lid army base over the detention for questioning of military reservists who were suspected of abuse of a detainee on 29 July, 2024. (Photo by OREN ZIV/AFP via Getty Images)

What happened at Israeli detention centre? Israeli far-right mobs storm IDF base in riots ‘bordering on anarchy’

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