Foreign ministers of the European Union (EU) member states have agreed to impose sanctions on illegal Israeli settlers in the Palestinian West Bank and top leaders of the Palestinian independence movement Hamas. The foreign ministers reached the agreement on the ‘sanctions package’ at a meeting held on Monday (May 11).
\nThe EU’s sanctions on Israeli settlers were long-awaited due to violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Until now, the initiative had been blocked by the outgoing Prime Minister of EU member state Hungary, Viktor Orban. After a change of power in the country, Peter Mazier has now become the prime minister. Now, the previous complications regarding the EU sanctions have ended. The EU will impose sanctions on three Israeli settlers and four settler organizations. Their names have not yet been released.
\nFollowing the agreement on the sanctions, EU foreign policy chief Kaia Kallas posted on social media, saying, \u201cIt is time to break the deadlock and implement (the sanctions).\u201d French Foreign Minister Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot welcomed the agreement. \u201cThe EU is imposing sanctions on major Israeli organizations that support extremism and violent settlement activity in the West Bank,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cThese extremely serious and intolerable measures must be stopped immediately,\u201d the French foreign minister wrote in a social media post. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar condemned the EU\u2019s move on illegal Jewish settlers. \u201cThe EU is imposing sanctions on Israeli citizens and institutions based solely on political ideology, without any basis, arbitrarily and politically,\u201d he wrote in a social media post.
\nIsraeli hardline leader and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gavir has sharply criticized the EU as \u201canti-Semitic.\u201d French Foreign Minister Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot said that EU leaders have also agreed to impose sanctions on Hamas\u2019 top leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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