{"id":108484,"date":"2026-05-11T14:07:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T14:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/108484\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T14:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T14:07:12","slug":"eu-approves-new-sanctions-on-israeli-settlers-over-west-bank-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/108484\/","title":{"rendered":"EU approves new sanctions on Israeli settlers over West Bank violence"},"content":{"rendered":"

European Union<\/a> foreign ministers on Monday agreed new sanctions<\/a> on Israeli settlers over violence against Palestinians, as a change of government in Hungary<\/a> ended months of blockage.<\/p>\n

“It’s done. The European Union is sanctioning today the main Israeli organisations guilty of supporting the extremist and violent colonisation of the West Bank<\/a>, as well as their leaders,” French Foreign Minister Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot wrote on social media.<\/p>\n

“These most serious and intolerable acts must cease without delay.”<\/p>\n

Israel<\/a>\u00a0responded by denouncing the planned EU sanctions as \u201carbitrary and political\u201d and vowed to stand ‘\u201dfor the right of Jews\u201d to settle in the West Bank.<\/p>\n

The move in response to rising violence and settlement expansion in the Israeli-occupied West Bank had been stalled by former Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read moreWest Bank settler violence surges as Israeli strikes on Gaza kill four Palestinians<\/a><\/p>\n

But the ouster of the nationalist leader and Israel ally, by rival Peter Magyar<\/a>, now appears to have paved the way for the veto to be lifted.<\/p>\n

EU officials said seven settlers or settler organisations would be blacklisted. The bloc also agreed to sanction representatives from Palestinian militant group Hamas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The occupied West Bank has been gripped by almost daily violence since the start of the Gaza war in October 2023, involving Israeli troops and settlers.<\/p>\n

There has been a surge in deadly attacks by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank since the start of the Iran war<\/a> on February 28, Palestinian officials and the United Nations have said.<\/p>\n

While the EU is moving ahead with the sanctions on Israeli settlers, there remains no consensus among member states to take further steps against Israel, such as curbing trade ties.<\/p>\n

A number of countries are pushing to ban products from Israeli settlements<\/a> in the West Bank.<\/p>\n

“The work on trade measures for products coming from the illegal settlements moves forward,” an EU diplomat said.<\/p>\n

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