U.K. mulls sanctions on Israeli ministers for remarks described as 'abhorrent'
NPRU.K. mulls sanctions on Israeli ministers for remarks described as 'abhorrent' NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Juan Zarate, former assistant secretary of the Treasury, now managing partner at K2 Integrity, a financial risk consulting firm, about what sanctions would accomplish. LEILA FADEL, HOST: Britain is considering sanctions on two far-right Israeli ministers who made what officials describe as abhorrent remarks. And I think they're trying to indicate that ministers that are trying to promote or suggest that that is a policy that's acceptable for the Israeli government will be held to account, and certainly will be held to sanctions that demonstrate moral opprobrium for that kind of policy. It certainly opens the debate about what Israeli policy looks like, and it raises the question of how the U.K., the European Union, the U.S. will be using its sanctions authorities, not just with respect to settler activity, but with respect to aid to Gaza and Israeli policy - and how the U.S. and the U.K. balance that vis-a-vis sanctions on Iran and Hamas and Hezbollah, which have been ramped up as well.
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