Advertisement

Homepage

Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth, head of IDF Central Command, attends a ceremony for incoming Jerusalem Police district commander Avshalom Peled in the Old City of Jerusalem, January 4, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

The Combatants for Peace organization, an Israeli-Palestinian group that opposes Israeli rule in the West Bank, called on the foreign ministers of the EU, UK, Canada, and Australia to sanction the head of the IDF Central Command, Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth, over his alleged role in assisting with the recent establishment of a settlement outpost on the outskirts of the Palestinian city of Jericho.

In its letter on Monday, Combatants for Peace pointed out that as part of his role, Bluth is responsible for protecting the Palestinian population in the West Bank, but accused him of carrying out “ethnic cleansing” against Palestinians in the territory.

The organization made a similar request to sanction Bluth earlier this year, due to what it alleged was his failure to prevent violence…