00:00The European Union has formally imposed sanctions on seven Israeli settlers and organizations over violence against Palestinians and the expansion
00:10of settlements in the occupied West Bank.
00:13The measures include travel bans and asset freezes.
00:17EU citizens and companies also barred from providing funds or economic support to those listed.
00:24Among those sanctions is Daniela Weiss, a prominent figure in Israel's settler movement.
00:30The European Council, which represents the EU's 27 member states, also approved sanctions against 10 members of the Palestinian group
00:38Hamas.
00:39The decision follows an agreement reached by EU foreign ministers earlier this month after a previous veto was removed following
00:46changes in Hungary's position with the ouster of Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
00:51The occupied West Bank has seen near-daily violence involving Israeli forces and settlers since the war in Gaza began
00:59in October 2023.
01:00The EU is also under pressure from some member states, including Spain and Italy, to expand sanctions against Israeli officials,
01:09including National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gavir.
01:12Those calls intensified after the release of footage showing activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla being detained and restrained.
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