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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 426

EU sanctions

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, August 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
August 30, 2024, 4:19 pm
EU foreign policy chief admits he lacks votes for sanctioning Israeli ministers
Borrell says ‘the process has been launched,’ but doesn’t have unanimity needed for bloc-wide designation of Smotrich, Ben Gvir; member states can still act individually
By Reuters and ToI Staff
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell rings a bell to signify the start of a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
August 29, 2024, 1:24 pm
EU foreign policy chief pushes for member states to sanction Ben Gvir, Smotrich
Ireland accuses Israel of deliberately targeting civilians in Gaza and waging war on all Palestinians, calls on bloc to rethink agreements with Israel
By Agencies and ToI Staff
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell speaks during a meeting at the Government Guest House in Hanoi on July 30, 2024. (Nhac NGUYEN / AFP)
August 12, 2024, 9:14 am
EU’s Borrell: Consider sanctions on Ben Gvir, Smotrich for ‘incitement to war crimes’
Foreign policy chief blasts ministers’ recent remarks backing the cutting of supplies to Gaza as a pressure tactic on Hamas, urges Jerusalem to distance itself from them
By ToI Staff
Members of the neo-Nazi group 'The Base' at a rally. (Youtube screenshot)
July 27, 2024, 10:28 am
EU adds neo-Nazi group ‘The Base’ to terrorism list
US-founded group operates in several countries; classification as terror organization subjects it to harsh sanctions
By AFP
Lehava chairman Benzi Gopstein seen after a court hearing at the Court for Local Affairs in Jerusalem, on March 31, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 15, 2024, 10:23 pm
EU sanctions group that tries to block aid to Gaza, far-right activists Gopstein, Marzel
Sanctions targeting Gopstein, leader of the anti-miscegenation group Lehava, come after EU sanctioned the group itself in May; two settlement outposts also penalized
By ToI Staff
Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin holds a joint press conference with his Spanish and Norwegian counterparts at the the Permanent Representation of Spain to the European Union in Brussels on May 27, 2024. (Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP)
May 28, 2024, 11:17 am
Irish FM says EU mulling sanctions on Israel if it defies ICJ ruling on Rafah
Dublin’s top diplomat also says sanctions may be placed on officials who aid violent West Bank settlers, in comments ahead of move to officially recognize Palestinian state
By ToI Staff
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell speaks to the media ahead of a Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels, on March 18, 2024. (Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP)
March 18, 2024, 11:32 pm
EU agrees in principle to impose sanctions on violent West Bank settlers
Union’s 27 members also agree to add further sanctions against Hamas — and will act against Palestinian terror group first to avoid equating sides
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Yahya Sinwar, Hamas's Gaza Strip chief, waves to supporters in Gaza City, on April 14, 2023. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)
January 16, 2024, 5:07 pm
EU adds Hamas chief in Gaza Yahya Sinwar to terror blacklist
Bloc says decision to proscribe mastermind of October 7 massacres is ‘response to the threat posed by Hamas and its brutal and indiscriminate terrorist attacks in Israel’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A man is seen on the ground after a blast following a drone attack in Kyiv on October 17, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)
December 17, 2022, 12:26 pm
EU backs fresh sanctions apparently targeting Iran’s supply of drones to Russia
Ban covers exports of drone engines to Russia, any third country that could supply UAVs to Moscow; bloc adds almost 200 people and entities to asset freeze and visa ban blacklist
By Agencies
Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri delivers a speech during a military parade marking the 36th anniversary of Iraq's 1980 invasion of Iran, in front of the shrine of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran, on September 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
October 24, 2022, 12:56 pm
Sanctioned Iran general mockingly tells EU to ‘buy coal’ with his assets
Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, one of three military officials targeted for involvement with Shahed drone program, warns Europeans ‘a difficult winter is ahead’
By AFP
A demonstrator displays a portrait of Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei inscribed with the word terrorist during a rally in support of protestors in Iran, in Berlin on October 7, 2022. (John MACDOUGALL / AFP)
October 9, 2022, 5:27 pm
German foreign minister urges EU sanctions over ‘brutal repression’ in Iran
Annalena Baerbock says Europe will impose entry bans and freeze assets of those responsible for crackdown on nationwide protests against Iran’s theocracy, now entering fourth week
By AP
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a statement at EU headquarters in Brussels, April 27, 2022. (Kenzo Tribouillard/AP)
April 28, 2022, 10:40 am
‘Blackmail’: European leaders issue fiery response to Russia cutting gas supplies
Declaring the Kremlin’s move a ‘failure,’ EU’s von der Leyen predicts the end of the continent’s dependence on Russian energy, says Kremlin has failed in attempt to sow division
By YESICA FISCH, Jon Gambrell and Vanessa Gera
The Bermuda-flagged luxury yacht "Solaris" belonging to Roman Abramovich sails near the Aegean coastal resort of Bodrum, Turkey, March 21, 2022. (IHA via AP)
March 22, 2022, 1:42 pm
Two superyachts owned by Roman Abramovich dock in Turkey
Pro-Ukraine protesters earlier attempted to block Russian-Israeli oligarch’s ‘Solaris’ from nearby port of Bodrum, carrying signs reading ‘No war’
By AP and ToI Staff
Journalists wait in front of the Grand Hotel Wien where closed-door nuclear talks with Iran take place in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Florian Schroetter)
April 12, 2021, 6:28 pm
EU sanctions 8 Iranian security officials over 2019 protests amid Vienna talks
The move to impose asset freezes and visa bans comes at a sensitive time as Brussels mediates efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear deal
By AFP
A computer programmer hacking a secure system. (releon8211 via iStock)
July 30, 2020, 9:41 pm
EU sanctions Russian military intelligence for cyberattacks
The sanctions, including a travel ban and asset freeze, mark the first time that Brussels has used such measures to retaliate for online aggression
By AP
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