The European Union has agreed on new sanctions on Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank for violence against Palestinians. The sanctions had been blocked for months by the previous Hungarian government, which lost an election last month.
Issued on: 12/05/2026 - 07:42
Modified: 12/05/2026 - 12:40
"It was high time we move from deadlock to delivery," vice-president of the European Commission Kaja Kallas said on X (formerly Twitter), after a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels. "Extremism and violence carry consequences."
The sanctions – which include asset freezes and travel bans – target three individual settlers and four settler organisations, who have not yet been identified.
