French diplomacy announced Tuesday sanctions against 28 extremist Jewish settlers for committing violent attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, notably banning them from entering French territory.

According to Kent d’Orsay, efforts are being made to sanction these extremist settlers at the European level as well.

Paris condemns the settler attacks, considers them unacceptable and reminds the Israeli authorities that they have a responsibility to end them and bring the perpetrators to justice, the ministry said. The construction of settlements in the occupied territories, illegal under international law, must be stopped, he added.

France’s imposition of sanctions follows similar measures recently announced by the US and Britain.

The expansion of settlements is an obstacle to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state within the framework of the two-state solution, which is the only one that can guarantee that Israelis and Palestinians will live side by side in peace and security, French diplomacy added. repeating her fixed positions.

Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has repeatedly rejected the two-state solution in recent times.