EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas says EU member states have not reached consensus on imposing sanctions on Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. Speaking after the bloc’s foreign ministers met, Kallas said that while several member states have proposed sanctions, unanimity is not in place. She links the calls for potential action to recent public outrage in Western capitals over Ben-Gvir’s conduct involving a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. Multiple outlets report that Ben-Gvir posted a video showing himself mocking activists who had been detained after the flotilla attempt, including activists who were pinned to the ground. The condemnation has led some EU members to push for a sanctions blacklist, but Kallas indicates the EU has not agreed collectively on that measure. The reported situation underscores that the EU’s sanctions process requires member-state alignment, which is currently absent despite broad criticism of the incident described by the outlets.
EU fails to reach consensus on sanctions against Israeli minister Ben-Gvir, Kallas says
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas says EU member states have not reached consensus on imposing sanctions on Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. Speaking after the bloc’s f...
- Kaja Kallas says the EU has not reached consensus on sanctioning Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
- Some EU member states have proposed sanctions, but no unanimity exists among member states.
- Kallas cites Western outrage over Ben-Gvir’s video depicting him mocking detained activists from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.
- The video is reported to show activists being taunted while they are pinned to the ground.
- The issue is discussed in the context of an EU foreign ministers meeting and ongoing deliberations among member states.
Western governments have expressed outrage after Ben-Gvir posted a video of himself taunting activists who had intended to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza being pinned to the ground.
2 months agoThe EU’s top diplomat said there’s no consensus from the bloc to sanction far-right Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir. Calls to blacklist Ben Gvir grew after he published a video last month of himself mocking bound activists seized by Israeli soldiers on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.
2 months agoBRUSSELS, June 15 (Reuters) - EU foreign ministers have not reached a consensus to approve sanctions against Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, EU's top diplomat Kaja Kallas said on Monday."Many member states have also proposed to sanction Minister Ben-Gvir, but no consensus on that was reached," she said.Western governments have expressed outrage after Ben-Gvir posted a video of himself taunting activists who had intended to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza being pinned to the ground.
2 months agoThe EU's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has said there is still no unanimous support at present among EU member states to sanction Israel's security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, despite the broad condemnation of his treatment of the Gaza flotillas detainees.
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