EU puts sanctions on Israeli settlers after Hungary drops Orban’s veto
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BRUSSELS — The European Union’s foreign ministers agreed Monday to impose sanctions on Israeli settlers over violence against Palestinians after Hungary’s new government lifted the country’s veto.
The decision, which required unanimity in the 27-nation bloc, will impose a travel ban and freeze assets of a group of Israeli settlers and organizations and sanctions on Hamas members. Former Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban, a close ally of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (and also President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin), had long blocked the measure, but he was voted out of power in April. The decision of his successor, Péter Magyar, to drop the country’s opposition ended a months-long deadlock.
