Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said at a joint press conference with Zambian Foreign Minister Mulumbo Haimbe that "we were updated on Britain's decision to include our two ministers (Ben Gvir and Smotrich) in the sanctions list. This is outrageous." Saar added: "I discussed this earlier with Prime Minister Netanyahu and we will convene a special government meeting at the beginning of next week to decide on our response to this unacceptable move."

