Budapest refused to endorse the call, despite pressure from other capitals, and also single-handedly derailed EU plans to collectively slap sanctions on violent Israeli settlers, first tabled in December following a fresh bout of attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank. It followed ten hours of intense talks between EU foreign ministers on Monday, during which Hungary’s Péter Szijjártó dug in his heels and blocked consensus on both issues. In a rare occurrence for the bloc, 26 of 27 member states isolated Hungary and issued their own statement calling for “an immediate humanitarian pause that…