Current sectionWorld NewsEuropeAnalysis The meeting, set for next Monday, comes after the far-right minister taunted Gaza-bound flotilla participants detained by the IDF; the Czech Republic's FM said they would oppose sanction efforts, while Ireland became the ninth Western nation to bar Smotrich and Ben-GvirShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeLiza Rozovsky03:15 AM • June 08 2026 IDTEuropean Union foreign ministers are expected to meet early next week to discuss the possibility of imposing sanctions on Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir by all member states.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:EuropeEuropean UnionGermanyItalyItamar Ben-GvirFranceHungaryTrending NowTribeca Condemns Palestinian 'Dog Rape' Joke by Israeli Film's ProducerIran Fires at Israel for First Time Since April Truce After IDF Strikes Beirut'Server in the Sky': How Israeli Drones Became a 'Target Generator' Over Gaza'France's Grandfather': Jewish Philosopher Edgar Morin Dies at 104Trump Says Netanyahu Will Have No Choice but to Accept Iran DealCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesTerror AttackWest BankGulfLebanonGermany-IsraelRachel Goldberg-PolinHaQuizHaaretz PodcastA Criminal for a Justice MinisterEuropean Foreign Ministers to Discuss EU-wide Sanctions on Ben-GvirHome Front Command: School Canceled Nationwide; Hospitals to Operate UndergroundTrump Says Netanyahu Will Have No Choice but to Accept Iran DealIran Fires at Israel for First Time Since April Truce After IDF Strikes BeirutRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMI'We Were Ordered to Kill': The 1967 Nakba That Israelis Don't Know About'Israel Is Unstoppable, We Need Other Countries to Get Us Out of This''Fucking Crazy': Trump Lashes Out at Netanyahu Over Lebanon, Report SaysThe Paradigm That Led to Oct. 7 Didn't Collapse, It Was Fiction From the StartHow the U.S. Air Force Is Turning Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport Into Its Own BaseManufactured Nostalgia for Lebanon's Beaufort Masks a Strategic Failure