The European Union approved the embargo on Israeli settlers in the West Bank

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain, Jose Manuel Albarez, announced on Monday that the foreign ministers of the European Union unanimously imposed sanctions against the aggressive settlers who are involved in persecuting Palestinians living in the West Bank. have approved.

Albars told reporters in Brussels: “Today we unanimously approved sanctions against settlers who are violently harassing Palestinians in the West Bank.”

Previously, Josep Borrell, the EU foreign policy official, warned about this.

After the sanctions imposed by the United States against four Zionist settlements, the European Union considered the imposition of sanctions against the extremist settlers who committed continuous attacks against Palestinian citizens in the West Bank.

The Constitution of the European Union specifies that such a decision is subject to the unanimous agreement of the foreign ministers of the European Union countries. Earlier, European countries including France, Germany, Ireland, Belgium, Malta and Spain announced their support for imposing sanctions against settlers.