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EU foreign ministers agreed on plans to sanction extremist Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank for the first time, multiple diplomats told dpa on Monday The EU sanctions involve a travel ban and asset freeze and are to come into force in the coming days when published in the EU Official Journal, a register of EU laws. EU citizens are also to be forbidden from doing business with the targets. A previous EU attempt to sanction Israeli settlers failed after opposition from Hungary, a strong supporter of Israel. Hungary agreed to abstain on the forthcoming punitive measures. Sanctions requi…

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