Organizers of West Bank delegation blocked by Israel call for steeper sanctions

The Canadian Press: Delegation representatives, including members of the Canadian-Muslim Vote, Justice for All Canada and the National Council of Canadian Muslims, are calling on Ottawa to ban imports of any goods produced in the occupied West Bank and prohibit Canadians from buying property in those settlement areas.

They say their request is in response to the Israeli security cabinet’s decision earlier this month to approve 19 new settlements in portions of the West Bank under military occupation — a move Canada has joined its allies in condemning…