11-6-2025
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit on Wednesday hailed the travel ban imposed on two Israeli ministers by five western countries.
Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich have been put on a travel ban by five western countries’ foreign ministers in a statement on Tuesday.
The countries, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway and Britain, have sanctioned the ministers for repeatedly inciting violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.
According to an AL statement, Mr Aboul-Gheit described the ban as “significant” to holding officials in the government of the occupying country accountable for engaging in “an obvious incitement of violence.’’
He said the sanction uncovered the criminal acts of far-right government officials committing war crimes and widespread violations of international humanitarian law in both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio hit out at a decision by the U.K. and four other countries to impose sanctions on two far-right Israeli Cabinet ministers over their comments on Gaza.
“These sanctions do not advance U.S.-led efforts to achieve a ceasefire, bring all hostages home, and end the war,” Rubio said in a statement issued Tuesday night. “We remind our partners not to forget who the real enemy is. The United States urges the reversal of the sanctions and stands shoulder-to-shoulder with Israel.”