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SvennoJ on 15 July 2024
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It's something, but won't mean much in Israel. They need to sanction Ben-Gvir himself.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-ben-gvir-ally-former-mk-aide-among-targets-of-latest-us-and-eu-settler-sanctions/

Anyway just following US' lead as usual.

The United States Treasury Department’s designation of Benzi Gopstein was apparently coordinated with the European Union, which designated Gopstein’s Lehava anti-miscegenation group as a part of its own sanctions announced on the same day. [April 19th]


EU imposes sanctions on far-right Israelis over rights abuses against Palestinians

The European Union has imposed sanctions against five people and three entities in Israel for “serious and systematic human rights abuses” against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

It says in a statement that their violations include “abuse of the right of everyone to enjoy the highest attainable standard of physical and mental integrity, the right to property, the right to private and family life, to freedom of religion or belief and the right to education”.

The bloc sanctioned Baruch Marzel for “openly calling for an ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians” and targeted Ben-Zion “Bentzi” Gopstein, the founder and leader of the far-right Lehava organisation, along with Isaschar Manne, founder of the illegal outpost “Manne Farm” in the South Hebron Hills.

Gopstein is a close confidant of far-right Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir.

Israeli settler Moshe Sharvit and his “Moshe’s Farm” in the Jordan Valley are also on the list after attacks on Palestinian farmers and shepherds were launched from the site. The bloc listed Zvi Bar Yosef and his “Zvi’s Farm” in the occupied territories as well.


China to host Hamas and Fatah officials again: Report

China will reportedly host senior officials from the two rival Palestinian groups for a meeting next week.

The meeting between Hamas and Fatah comes as part of another effort by Beijing to bridge differences between the groups that have for decades competed for power in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, reports the New York Times, citing unnamed officials in both parties.

Beijing hosted a first round of meetings to achieve potential reconciliation at the end of April, and Chinese President Xi Jinping has previously called for a peace summit to end the war in Gaza.