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EU agrees sanctions on Israeli settlers in West Bank after Hungary drops veto

The Kiryat Arba settlement in the background near Palestinian houses near Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, 7 May 2026. © Mussa Qawasma/Reuters

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.

"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."

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