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EU Expected to Approve Long-Stalled Sanctions on Israeli Settlers

A diplomatic logjam that dragged on for months may finally be breaking: the European Union was poised to approve new sanctions on Israeli settlers accused of violence against Palestinians, with a change of government in Hungary removing a key obstacle. "I expect political agreement on the sanctions on violent settlers, hopefully we will get there," EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said ahead of a meeting of the bloc's foreign ministers. The proposed measures, crafted in response to escalating violence and continued…