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Today, we reached a political agreement to sanction Israeli extremist settlers, said the EU's top diplomat, Kaya Callis, on X.
The measures, which include asset freezes and travel bans, are against three main settler organizations and their leaders.
One of the groups worked to halt and disrupt humanitarian aid into Gaza.
The measure will also target members of Hamas, which the EU designates as a terrorist organization.
Settler violence in the occupied West Bank has increased dramatically since the 2023 war in Gaza began, and Israel has expanded settlements at a rapid pace.
According to Israeli peace advocacy group Peace Now, more settlements have been approved in the last year than in the last two decades.
Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.
Today we reached a political agreement to sanction Israeli extremist settlers, said the EU's top diplomat, Kaya Kalas, on X.
The measures, which include asset freezes and travel bans, are against three main settler organizations and their leaders.
One of the groups worked to halt and disrupt humanitarian aid into Gaza.
The measure will also target members of Hamas, which the EU designates as a terrorist organization.
Settler violence in the occupied West Bank has increased dramatically since the 2023 war in Gaza began, and Israel has expanded settlements at a rapid pace.
According to Israeli peace advocacy group Peace Now, more settlements have been approved in the last year than in the last two decades.
Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.
85-year-old Marie-Thérèse Ross-Maé left France two years ago to move to Alabama and marry an American man she knew from the 1950s when he served as a soldier in France.
She was in the process of getting a green card when her husband died of natural causes.
Ross-Maé told French radio RTL how five ICE agents banged on her door and windows at five in the morning, handcuffed her and took her away without even letting her get dressed.
She described being held with other immigrants in noisy, crowded, and dirty conditions that she called hell on earth.
government said it released her early because of her age and poor health.