{"id":108585,"date":"2026-05-11T15:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T15:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/108585\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T15:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T15:27:08","slug":"eu-formally-green-lights-sanctions-against-israeli-settlers-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/108585\/","title":{"rendered":"EU formally green-lights sanctions against Israeli settlers \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The sanctions target individuals linked to violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, but several member countries are already pushing for tougher measures. France and Sweden are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/newsletter\/brussels-playbook\/israel-faces-new-eu-sanctions-push\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">backing<\/a> restrictions on trade with settlements, while broader proposals such as suspending the EU-Israel Association Agreement remain deeply divisive inside the bloc.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We had discussions on the trade issues, limiting trade with the illegal Israeli settlements,&#8221; Kallas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jNpe8QeuXFU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told<\/a> reporters after the meeting. &#8220;There was a call by many member states to take this forward, so we will continue to work with the Commission on presenting proposals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Canada&#8217;s Foreign Minister Anita Anand, who was in Brussels to attend the Foreign Affairs Council, told POLITICO that Ottawa is also &#8220;considering additional actions that we may take&#8221; against settlers.<\/p>\n<p>Israel swiftly pushed back against the EU sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign Minister Gideon Saar <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gidonsaar\/status\/2053825423184720125?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">slammed<\/a> the decision as &#8220;arbitrary and political,&#8221; accusing the EU of targeting Israeli citizens &#8220;because of their political views and without any basis.&#8221; &#8220;Israel has stood, stands, and will continue to stand for the right of Jews to settle in the heart of our homeland,&#8221; Saar wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>EU diplomats had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/newsletter\/brussels-playbook\/spain-calls-for-an-eu-army\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">expected<\/a> the sanctions to finally clear after Hungary\u2019s change in government and incoming Prime Minister P\u00e9ter Magyar signaled he would not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/newsletter\/brussels-playbook\/spain-calls-for-an-eu-army\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stand in the way<\/a> of broadly supported sanction packages, unlike his predecessor, Viktor Orb\u00e1n, who spent months <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/forecast\/2026\/04\/21\/israel-loses-its-man-in-europe-00885437\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">blocking<\/a> the package despite support from every other EU country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The sanctions target individuals linked to violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, but several member countries are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[11616,159,382,496,2037,37,1659,1375,6367,10607,509,2248,15356,18178,445,12444,10656],"class_list":{"0":"post-108585","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-finland","9":"tag-foreign-policy","10":"tag-france","11":"tag-gaza","12":"tag-hungary","13":"tag-israel","14":"tag-israeli-palestinian-conflict","15":"tag-jean-noel-barrot","16":"tag-kaja-kallas","17":"tag-luxembourg","18":"tag-sanctions","19":"tag-sweden","20":"tag-the-netherlands","21":"tag-tom-berendsen","22":"tag-trade","23":"tag-viktor-orban","24":"tag-xavier-bettel"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116556650496491302","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}