The leak has cast a spotlight on Dialog, a secretive organisation founded by billionaire investor Peter Thiel that hosts off-the-record meetings for some of the West’s most influential figures.
The EU’s top diplomat reportedly made the comparison during private talks in Mexico, prompting criticism from officials who say she departed from the bloc’s established position on the Middle East.
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.
