European Union countries will be likely able to reach an agreement on Monday on sanctions against extremist settlers in the West Bank, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said before a meeting of the bloc’s ministers of foreign affairs.

“I expect political agreement on the sanctions on violent settlers, hopefully we will get there,” Kallas said, while admitting that it was still not entirely clear the required unanimity would be found for the proposals.

Kallas said the change of government in Hungary, with the ouster of former prime minister Viktor Orban by rival and EU supporter Peter Magyar, paved the way for the veto to be lifted.

EU officials said seven settlers or settler organizations were set to be blacklisted. The bloc was also set to sanction representatives from the Hamas terrorist group.

Attitudes toward Israel among EU member states, already hardened over its conduct in the war in Gaza, sparked by the October 7, 2023 Hamas massacre, stiffened further after Israeli ground operations were launched into Lebanon in March — in response to the Iran-backed........

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