The European Union has approved new sanctions against Israeli settlers involved in violence and "extremist and violent colonisation" in the West Bank. Israel criticized the sanctions as arbitrary and political, vowing to defend the right of Jews to settle there.

The European Union on Monday approved new sanctions on Israeli settlers "guilty of supporting the extremist and violent colonisation of the West Bank", French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on social media. Israel called the sanctions “arbitrary and political” and vowed to stand '”for the right of Jews” to settle in the West Bank.