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EU to propose sanctions over violence by Israeli settlers in West Bank

The European Union will propose to EU governments that they impose sanctions on extremist settlers committing acts of violence against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, said the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.

"We will work on proposing sanctions on extremist settlers in the West Bank," Borrell told a news conference on Monday after a EU foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels.

Violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank has increased since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.


The European Union will
propose to EU governments that they impose sanctions on
extremist settlers committing acts of violence against
Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, said the EU's
foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.
"We will work on proposing sanctions on extremist settlers
in the West Bank," Borrell told a news conference on Monday
after a EU...