Overview
- EU foreign ministers, who met Monday in Brussels, approved asset freezes and travel bans on Israeli settlers and groups tied to West Bank violence, with the full list still undisclosed and reporting pointing to Regavim and allies of finance minister Bezalel Smotrich.
- The package also adds EU sanctions on several Hamas leaders linked to attacks and incitement.
- The EU declined to ban settlement goods or suspend the EU–Israel Association Agreement after resistance from several capitals, including Italy’s opposition to steps that target the Israeli government.
- The move became possible after Hungary withdrew its long‑standing veto when Viktor Orbán lost power to Péter Magyar.
- Israel’s foreign minister condemned the decision as arbitrary and unacceptable, signaling likely diplomatic friction once the names are published.