JAKARTA – The EU Foreign Ministers on Monday approved new sanctions against Israeli settlers for violence against Palestinians, after the change of government in Hungary ended a months-long deadlock.<\/p>\n
“It’s time for us to move from deadlock to implementation,” said the head of the European Union’s foreign policy, Kaja Kallas, when announcing the approval, launching Al Arabiya from AFP (11\/5).<\/p>\n
“Extremism and violence have consequences,” he said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said the European Union “sanctions the main Israeli organizations guilty of supporting extremist colonization and violence in the West Bank, as well as their leaders.”<\/p>\n
“These very serious and intolerable actions must be stopped immediately,” he wrote on social media.<\/p>\n
The move, which is a response to increased violence and settlement expansion in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, has been delayed by Hungary’s former prime minister, Viktor Orban.<\/p>\n
However, the overthrow of the nationalist leader and Israel’s ally by Peter Magyar seems to have paved the way for the lifting of the veto.<\/p>\n
EU officials said seven settlers or settler organizations would be blacklisted. The bloc also agreed to impose sanctions on representatives of the Palestinian militant group Hamas.<\/p>\n
The occupied West Bank has been hit by violence almost daily since the start of the Gaza war in October 2023, which involves Israeli forces and settlers.<\/p>\n
Deadly attacks by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank have increased since the start of the Iran war on February 28, according to Palestinian officials and the United Nations (UN).<\/p>\n
Although the European Union continues to pursue sanctions against Israeli settlers, there is still no consensus among the bloc’s member states to take further steps against Israel such as limiting trade relations.<\/p>\n
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