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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Maziar Motamedi

Which countries have sanctioned Israeli settlers – and does it mean much?

Ramat Shlomo is an illegal settlement in occupied East Jerusalem [Ahmad Gharabli/AFP]

Australia has sanctioned a number of Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, joining a growing number of countries to introduce penalties for illegal acts against Palestinians.

This comes days after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a nonbinding opinion that all Israeli settlement activity on Palestinian land is illegal and must stop as soon as possible.

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