EU Weighs New Sanctions Over Rising Settler Violence in West Bank, Kallas Says

The European Union is considering new sanctions in response to rising violence by illegal settlers in the occupied West Bank, according to EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, as reported by Anadolu Agency.

Kallas said the continued expansion of illegal settlements is making a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict "increasingly impossible," according to the report.

The report noted that some lawmakers within the EU have accused the bloc of applying double standards in its response to the situation, though specific details of these criticisms were not elaborated in the available report.

Anadolu Agency did not specify the exact nature or scope of the sanctions under consideration, nor a timeline for any potential EU action.

The EU has previously expressed concern over settlement expansion in the West Bank, which is considered illegal under international law by most of the international community, though Israel disputes this characterization.