As U.S., U.K. and EU sanction violent Israeli settlers, Canada hangs back
The U.S. and U.K. have imposed visa bans on violent Israeli settlers who have staged hundreds of attacks on Palestinians during the past year. The European Union says it will do the same. But the Trudeau government is declining to say whether it will follow suit.
![As U.S., U.K. and EU sanction violent Israeli settlers, Canada hangs back](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7063196.1702938080!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/israel-settler-violence.jpg)
![A Palestinian girl looks through her family home's shattered window after a settlers' attack in the West Bank village of al-Mufagara, near Hebron, on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. A small girl looks out of a broken window.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7063196.1702938080!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/israel-settler-violence.jpg)
The U.S. and U.K. have imposed visa bans on violent Israeli settlers who have staged hundreds of attacks on Palestinians during the past year. The European Union says it will do the same. But the Trudeau government is declining to say whether it will follow suit.