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EU mulls sanctions on violent Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank

Palestinians are seen through flames during clashes with Israeli soldiers during the funeral of Labib Dumaidi, 19, who was killed in an Israeli settler attack, near Nablus in the occupied West Bank [File: Raneen Sawafta/Reuters]

The European Union’s top diplomat says he will propose sanctions on Jewish settlers who are violent against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

The EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Monday said the bloc was “alarmed by the violence in the West Bank by extremist settlers” and condemned the Israeli government’s decision to approve 1,700 more housing units in Jerusalem, in what Brussels considers a violation of international law.

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