• EU foreign ministers approved new sanctions on Israeli settlers over rising violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
  • The sanctions had been blocked for months by former Hungarian PM Viktor Orban; a change in government in Hungary allowed progress.
  • The sanctions are expected to target seven settlers or settler organizations, including Daniella Weiss and groups Nachala and Regavim.
  • Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar called the decision ‘arbitrary and political’.
  • The UN documented over 1,800 settler attacks in 2025 resulting in casualties or property damage.

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