Additional sanctions from the EU against Israelis who transferred Palestinian lands in the West Bank – Kıbrıs Newspaper

2024-07-15 15:57:55

The European Union (EU) has announced that it has decided to impose additional sanctions on the Israelis who moved the Palestinian lands in the West Bank.

In the written statement made by the Council of the EU, five individuals and 3 organizations were responsible for serious and systematic violations of human rights against Palestine in the West Bank, including the abuse of the rights to property, education, life , family life, freedom of religion. and religion, on the sanctions list It was reported that.

In the statement, the Israeli settler Moshe Sharvit and his organization named “Moshe’s Farm”, Zvi Bar Yosef and his “Zvi Farm”, Isaschar Manne and his “Manne Farm”, settlers Baruch Marzel and Ben-Zion Gopstein are included in the list.

The EU initially decided to impose sanctions on Israelis who seized Palestinian lands on 19 April. Currently, there are 9 people and 5 organizations on the list. Sanctions include freezing assets, preventing the direct or indirect use of economic resources, and travel bans.

There are 451 thousand Israelis in the occupied West Bank and about 230 thousand Israelis in East Jerusalem using Palestinian lands. According to international law, these reuses in the West Bank and East Jerusalem are considered illegal.