The European Union's foreign ministers announced today (Monday) the imposition of new sanctions against those they defined as "violent settlers" in Judea and Samaria.
In a statement by the European Union's foreign minister, the "violent settlers" were compared to senior Hamas figures.
The statement said: "EU foreign ministers recently approved imposing sanctions on Israeli settlers for violence against Palestinians. They also agreed on new sanctions on senior Hamas figures.".
In Israel, they reacted angrily to the decision.
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar attacked: "Israel strongly rejects the decision to impose sanctions against Israeli citizens and organizations. The European Union chose, arbitrarily and politically, to impose sanctions against Israeli citizens and organizations due to their political positions and without any basis."
Sa'ar emphasized: "Equally outrageous is the intolerable parallel that the European Union chose to make between Israeli citizens and Hamas terrorists. This is a completely morally distorted comparison.".
"Israel has stood, stands, and will stand for the right of Jews to settle in the heart of our homeland. No people in the world has such a long-standing, documented right to their land as the people of Israel have to the Land of Israel. This is a moral and historical right that has also been recognized in the law of nations, and no one can take it away from the Jewish people."
""The attempt to dictate political perceptions through sanctions is unacceptable and will not succeed.".
