EU Sanctions Imposed on Israel Over “Settler Violence”
The foreign minister of the European Union approved the sanctions after the new Hungarian administration broke with the previous Budapest stance of vetoing anti-Israel measures.
EU High Representative and Vice-President for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas makes a statement as she arrives for a Foreign Affairs Council of Defence in Brussels on May 12, 2026.
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The foreign minister of the European Union approved the sanctions after the new Hungarian administration broke with the previous Budapest stance of vetoing anti-Israel measures.
The EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas announced on May 11th that the EU’s foreign ministers greenlighted sanctions against “Israeli settlers over violence against Palestinians.”
EU Foreign Ministers just gave the go-ahead to sanction Israeli settlers over violence against Palestinians.
They also agreed new sanctions on leading Hamas figures.
It was high time we move from deadlock to delivery. Extremisms and violence carry consequences.
The sanctions were approved after the incoming Hungarian administration chose not to veto them, breaking with the principle of conservative prime minister Viktor Orbán’s government, ousted following Fidesz’s electoral defeat on April 12th, to veto anti-Israel meausers in the European Union. The move comes as no suprise, as we predicted based on previous pledges of Hungary’s recently sworn-in head of government, Péter Magyar.
