From: Deutsche Presse-Agentur June 11, 2025
Head of German opposition party calls for Berlin to impose sanctions on Smotrich, Ben-Gvir

The head of Germany's Green Party has called for Berlin to join other countries in imposing sanctions on Ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir over accusations of inciting violence against Palestinians.

Franziska Brantner, who co-leads Germany's second-largest opposition party, accused the two ministers of "openly calling for violence against the Palestinian population and long having propagated a policy of annexation and displacement."

"This costs human lives, displaces entire communities and poses enormous hurdles on the path to a peace process," Brantner told DPA.