Head of German Greens calls for Berlin to impose sanctions on Smotrich, Ben Gvir

The co-leader of Germany's The Greens party, Franziska Brantner, has called for Berlin to join other countries in imposing sanctions on Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir.

Speaking to DPA news agency, Brantner accused the 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 said.