UK sanctions 'godmother' of Israel's settler movement Daniella Weiss

The foreign secretary said the move "demonstrates our determination to hold extremist settlers to account".

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Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the move "demonstrates our determination to hold extremist settlers to account as Palestinian communities suffer violence and intimidation".

Weiss, 79, is the leader of a radical settler organisation called Nachala - or homeland - which has also been sanctioned.

For decades, Weiss has been prominent in the founding of Jewish settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, on land captured by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war.

The vast majority of the international community considers the settlements illegal under international law - a position supported by an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) last year - although Israel disputes this.