Canada’s Latest Sanctions on Israeli Entities Still Don’t Confront Illegal Settler System
June 9, 2026
Justice For All Canada welcomes the Canadian government’s decision to sanction two Israeli individuals and five entities involved in violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Today’s announcement reflects an important step toward the accountability measures that civil society organizations, alongside Justice For All Canada, have pushed for. Through our End Settlement Trade movement, we have long urged Canada to impose meaningful consequences on those responsible for settlement expansion, settler violence and the forced displacement of Palestinians. Our extensive research submissions, government engagement, advocacy and public campaigning have consistently called for targeted sanctions in response to serious Israeli violations of international law in the occupied Palestinian territory. Among our key recommendations have been sanctions on all Israeli officials and institutions responsible for settlement expansion and forced displacement, the prohibition of trade with illegal settlements and a concrete reassessment of the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement.
This latest round of sanctions targets Regavim, Nachala, Coco’s Farm, Micha’s Farm, Libi Construction and Infrastructure Ltd., Harel David Libi and Eliav Libi for facilitating, supporting, funding or contributing to extremist settler violence against Palestinian civilians or their property. However, these sanctions still fall short of recognizing that the violence and forced displacement of Palestinians is sustained by organized networks of financing, construction, land seizure, nd especially political support. Canada’s own announcement identifies the deeper problem that settler attacks continue with the support and facilitation of the Israeli government, and some even take place under the protection of Israeli forces. Canada itself describes settler violence as unprecedented, yet after five rounds of sanctions, only a small number of individuals and entities have been designated despite the scale of the illegal settlement enterprise and the hundreds of thousands of settlers involved.
The Canadian government must, therefore, acknowledge and act on the fact that settler violence is only one instrument of the illegal settlement project designed to remove Palestinians from their land and prevent the establishment of a viable Palestinian state. While sanctions against individual perpetrators are necessary, they remain inadequate when both the government itself and major institutions continue to direct, finance and protect the settlement enterprise, facing no liability at the highest level.
We also highlight that Canada’s recent recognition of the State of Palestine and previously imposed sanctions on senior Israeli officials and settlement organizations represent a significant departure from years of near-total impunity. However, today’s statements confirm that Canada continues to treat Israel as an ordinary trade and security partner: Canada’s narrative obscures the Israeli government’s direct role in these human rights violations, placing responsibility for investigation on the same state authority responsible for these abuses, despite no reason to expect that such investigations will produce actual accountability. Meanwhile, Palestinian communities continue facing dispossession, military violence and the destruction of civilian life.
Justice For All Canada calls on Prime Minister Mark Carney and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand to cease maintaining economic arrangements that benefit or sustain illegal Israeli settlements. Additionally, the government cannot sanction selected facilitators while Canadian companies receive no clear warning against involvement in the occupation, and it cannot claim to defend international law while refusing to address the broader system of apartheid and unlawful occupation that makes this entrenched violence possible.
In light of today’s sanctions announcement, and given the current situation in the occupied West Bank:
1. The government must now impose sanctions on all Israeli officials and institutions responsible for settlement expansion and forced displacement.
2. It should issue an immediate domestic business advisory warning Canadian companies against any involvement with settlements or the occupation.
3. It should prohibit trade with illegal settlements and review the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement.
4. It must also close every remaining pathway for Canadian military goods and technology to reach Israel.
Accountability must comprise bilateral and economic relationships, government policies and military structures that allow the dispossession of Palestinians to continue.
Justice For All Canada welcomes the Canadian government’s decision to sanction two Israeli individuals and five entities involved in violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Today’s announcement reflects an important step toward the accountability measures that civil society organizations, alongside Justice For All Canada, have pushed for. Through our End Settlement Trade movement, we have long urged Canada to impose meaningful consequences on those responsible for settlement expansion, settler violence and the forced displacement of Palestinians. Our extensive research submissions, government engagement, advocacy and public campaigning have consistently called for targeted sanctions in response to serious Israeli violations of international law in the occupied Palestinian territory. Among our key recommendations have been sanctions on all Israeli officials and institutions responsible for settlement expansion and forced displacement, the prohibition of trade with illegal settlements and a concrete reassessment of the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement.
This latest round of sanctions targets Regavim, Nachala, Coco’s Farm, Micha’s Farm, Libi Construction and Infrastructure Ltd., Harel David Libi and Eliav Libi for facilitating, supporting, funding or contributing to extremist settler violence against Palestinian civilians or their property. However, these sanctions still fall short of recognizing that the violence and forced displacement of Palestinians is sustained by organized networks of financing, construction, land seizure, nd especially political support. Canada’s own announcement identifies the deeper problem that settler attacks continue with the support and facilitation of the Israeli government, and some even take place under the protection of Israeli forces. Canada itself describes settler violence as unprecedented, yet after five rounds of sanctions, only a small number of individuals and entities have been designated despite the scale of the illegal settlement enterprise and the hundreds of thousands of settlers involved.
The Canadian government must, therefore, acknowledge and act on the fact that settler violence is only one instrument of the illegal settlement project designed to remove Palestinians from their land and prevent the establishment of a viable Palestinian state. While sanctions against individual perpetrators are necessary, they remain inadequate when both the government itself and major institutions continue to direct, finance and protect the settlement enterprise, facing no liability at the highest level.
We also highlight that Canada’s recent recognition of the State of Palestine and previously imposed sanctions on senior Israeli officials and settlement organizations represent a significant departure from years of near-total impunity. However, today’s statements confirm that Canada continues to treat Israel as an ordinary trade and security partner: Canada’s narrative obscures the Israeli government’s direct role in these human rights violations, placing responsibility for investigation on the same state authority responsible for these abuses, despite no reason to expect that such investigations will produce actual accountability. Meanwhile, Palestinian communities continue facing dispossession, military violence and the destruction of civilian life.
Justice For All Canada calls on Prime Minister Mark Carney and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand to cease maintaining economic arrangements that benefit or sustain illegal Israeli settlements. Additionally, the government cannot sanction selected facilitators while Canadian companies receive no clear warning against involvement in the occupation, and it cannot claim to defend international law while refusing to address the broader system of apartheid and unlawful occupation that makes this entrenched violence possible.
In light of today’s sanctions announcement, and given the current situation in the occupied West Bank:
1. The government must now impose sanctions on all Israeli officials and institutions responsible for settlement expansion and forced displacement.
2. It should issue an immediate domestic business advisory warning Canadian companies against any involvement with settlements or the occupation.
3. It should prohibit trade with illegal settlements and review the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement.
4. It must also close every remaining pathway for Canadian military goods and technology to reach Israel.
Accountability must comprise bilateral and economic relationships, government policies and military structures that allow the dispossession of Palestinians to continue.