Settlers throw stones in the village of Burka, July 2023/use according to Article 27A of the Copyright Law
Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Alvares revealed this evening (Monday) that the European Union ministers decided "unanimously" to impose sanctions on "violent settlers in Israel". According to his words, which he made in a press statement held after the meeting of the Union ministers in Brussels, the sanctions will apply to settlers who "used violence against Palestinians in the West Bank."
Finance Minister Smotrich was quick to condemn: "The European Union is busy with sanctions against Jews, instead of fully supporting the elimination of evil.
It's not new but it's still sad.
The false BDS campaign against the State of Israel is working.
This is a campaign designed entirely to discredit the State of Israel.
If there is violence, it is dealt with by the legal system."
Bezalel Smotrich in the Faction Committee of Religious Zionism/Flash 90, Yonatan Zindel
Last week, it became known that the Biden administration is expected to impose new sanctions on two illegal outposts in the West Bank that were used as a base for violent attacks by settlers against Palestinian citizens - according to the words of three senior American officials.
This is the second round of sanctions imposed by the Biden administration against Israeli officials involved in violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.
Along with the sanctions on the two outposts, sanctions will also be imposed on three settlers - according to senior American officials.
This will be the first time that the US imposes sanctions against illegal outposts and not only against settlers. On February 1, President Biden signed a presidential order that allows sanctions to be imposed on Israeli settlers - as well as politicians and government officials - who are involved in violent attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank.
The unprecedented presidential order was the most significant move ever made by an American administration against the settlements in the West Bank.
The first round of sanctions a month and a half ago included four settlers who were involved in attacks on Palestinians and who the US government claimed systematically carried out actions that led to the displacement of Palestinians from their land.
Since the first round of American sanctions, Great Britain, France and Canada have also announced similar sanctions against settlers.
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