EU approves new sanctions on Israeli settlers over West Bank violence
Key takeaways
- The European Union on Monday approved new sanctions on Israeli settlers "guilty of supporting the extremist and violent colonisation of the West Bank", French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on social media.
- By: FRANCE 24 An Israeli settler stands behind an Israeli soldier during a weekly settlers' tour in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on May 9, 2026.
- "These most serious and intolerable acts must cease without delay."
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The European Union on Monday approved new sanctions on Israeli settlers "guilty of supporting the extremist and violent colonisation of the West Bank", French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on social media. Israel called the sanctions “arbitrary and political” and vowed to stand '”for the right of Jews” to settle in the West Bank.
By: FRANCE 24 An Israeli settler stands behind an Israeli soldier during a weekly settlers' tour in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on May 9, 2026. © Mussa Qawasma, Reuters European Union foreign ministers on Monday agreed new sanctions on Israeli settlers over violence against Palestinians, as a change of government in Hungary ended months of blockage.
"It's done. The European Union is sanctioning today the main Israeli organisations guilty of supporting the extremist and violent colonisation of the West Bank, as well as their leaders," French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot wrote on social media.