NNA - The EU has moved to sanction a handful of Israeli settlers responsible for attacks on Palestinian communities in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, following months of deliberations.

A political agreement on the move emerged among the bloc's 27 member countries last month, but technical work has delayed its implementation, prompting many countries - such as France and Belgium to impose national sanctions. The sanctioned entities are Lehava, a far-right Jewish organization and Hilltop Youth, whose activities were recently halted by the IDF for multiple incidents of violence. --- RT

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