Not waiting to see if they are actually convicted...
[IsraelTimes]Gay Paree cites spiraling West Bank violence in recent months, says onus is on Israel’s government to stop it. But no French sanctions of the Palestinians who have been attacking for years, or for the Palestinian Authority government which has been pensioning those jailed for it.
The French announcement came after the United Kingdom on Monday said it was sanctioning four "extremist Israeli settlers" accused of committing human rightsWhen they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much...
abuses against Paleostinians in the West Bank.
The United States had already announced punitive measures against one of them, as well as three others, on February 1 over what it called "intolerable" violence.
The European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in December that he would also propose similar measures. Gay Paree has backed that initiative and diplomats said they hoped that once its measures were in place it could speed up the European process.
A joint statement issued by the French, Polish, and German foreign ministers on Monday said settler violence against Paleostinians in the West Bank was unacceptable and "shall be sanctioned."
EU efforts have stalled so far due to objections from Hungary and the Czech Republic, diplomats say. But they say a compromise may be found later to let the measures proceed, possibly after more EU sanctions on Hamas
...a regional Iranian catspaw,..."Colonization is illegal under international law and must stop," the French foreign ministry said. "Its continuation is incompatible with the creation of a viable Paleostinian state, which is the only solution so that Israelis and Paleostinians can live, side by side, in peace and security."
In December, La Belle France’s then-foreign minister Catherine Colonna also announced sanctions against some