Backgrounder: Canada imposes sanctions on perpetrators of extremist settler violence against civilians in West Bank

Backgrounder

Effective immediately, Canada is imposing sanctions against 4 extremist Israeli settlers in response to the grave breach of international peace and security posed by their violent and destabilizing actions against Palestinian civilians and their property in the West Bank.

Canadian measures

The Special Economic Measures Act imposes a prohibition on dealings related to the listed individuals and entities, effectively freezing any assets they may have in Canada. Persons in Canada and Canadians outside the country are prohibited from dealing in the property of the listed individuals, and the listed individuals are also rendered inadmissible to Canada under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.

The specific prohibitions are set out in the regulations.

The names of the individuals and entities added to the schedule of these regulations are the following:

  • David Chai Chasdai
  • Yinon Levi
  • Zvi Bar Yosef
  • Moshe Sharvit

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