Eighty-eight US lawmakers call on Biden to sanction Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich

Eighty-eight Democratic lawmakers have signed a letter asking US President Joe Biden to sanction far-right Israeli ministers Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich. 

Biden will depart the White House in January. 

The letter says the ministers are "driving policies that promote settler violence, weaken the Palestinian Authority, facilitate de facto and de jure annexation and destabilize the West Bank". 

The letter was sent by House and Senate lawmakers. The Democrats in January will loose control of the Senate to Republicans who have expressed unlimited support for Israel.