The European Union (EU) foreign ministers on Monday reached an agreement on a new sanctions package targeting violent Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, as well as senior Hamas figures, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the decision, the sanctions will target three Israeli settlers and four settler organisations. However, the identities of those individuals and groups have not yet been made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The proposal had reportedly been blocked for months by the previous Hungarian government, which lost an election last month, allowing the agreement to move forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
European governments have increasingly expressed concern over rising reports of settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kallas welcomed the breakthrough, saying in a post on X<\/a> that \u201cit was high time we move from deadlock to delivery,\u201d adding that \u201cextremisms and violence carry consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n