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EU expected to agree long-stalled sanctions on Israeli settlers: Kallas
Key takeaways
- “I expect political agreement on the sanctions on violent settlers, hopefully we will get there,” EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said ahead of a meeting of the bloc’s foreign ministers.
- The move in response to rising violence and settlement expansion in the Israeli-occupied West Bank had been stalled by former Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban.
- But nationalist leader and Israel ally’s ouster by rival Peter Magyar now appears to have paved the way for the veto to be lifted.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize BRUSSELS, Belgium: The European Union was expected Monday to agree new sanctions on Israeli settlers over violence against Palestinians, the bloc’s top diplomat said, as a change of government in Hungary ends months of blockage.
“I expect political agreement on the sanctions on violent settlers, hopefully we will get there,” EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said ahead of a meeting of the bloc’s foreign ministers.
The move in response to rising violence and settlement expansion in the Israeli-occupied West Bank had been stalled by former Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban.
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