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 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.
