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No consensus for EU sanctions against Israel’s Ben-Gvir, bloc’s top diplomat says
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEU foreign ministers have not reached a consensus to approve sanctions against far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas says.
“Many member states have also proposed to sanction Minister Ben Gvir, but no consensus on that was reached,” she says.
Western governments 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.
France decided to ban Ben Gvir from French territory in May, while Italian prosecutors have put him under investigation.
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